OAK RIDGE 

CEMETERY; 

Its History and Improvements, 
rules and regulations. 



NATIONAL LINCOLN MONUMEN 



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A X D 



OTHER MONUMENTS, 
CHARTER AND ORDINANCES. 

LIST OF LOT OWXERS. 



SPRINGFIELD. ILL. : 

H. W. ROKKER. PRTNTER AND BENDER. 

1879. 



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Board of Managers 

OF 

OAK RIDGE CEMETERY. 



HENRY WOHLGEMUTH, President. 
EDWIN S. WALKER, Vice-President. 
OBED LEWIS. 
HARRY C. WATSON. 
GEORGE KRODELL, Secretary. 



City Officers. 



JOHN A. VINCENT, Mayor. 
FRANK REISCH, City Clerk. 
PRESCO WRIGHT, Treasurer. 



DEDICATION. 



THIS VOLUME 

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RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED 

TO 

THE PRESENT LOT OWNERS, 

AND TO ALL WHO TN FTTTTRE TIME MAY BECOME 

LOT OWNERS 

TN 

OAK RTDOE CEMETERY, 

BY 

THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. 
April 30, 1879. 



Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



PREFATORY NOTE. 



Twenty. four years having elapsed since the first steps 
were taken towards the establishment of Oak Ridge 
Cemetery, it has been deemed fitting, while many of those 
who were active in promoting the enterprise at the start 
are still living, to garner and place upon record such facts 
concerning its history as are of public interest, and which 
would otherwise be lost, when the present generation shall 
have passed away. This volume, embracing the Rules 
and Regulations as revised, and adopted by the Board of 
Managers April 30, 1879, has been carefully prepared by 
the undersigned, and may be relied upon as being accurate 
and complete. 

Dr. Henry Wohlgemuth having been President of the 
Board for seven years, had carefully preserved many facts 
and data relating to the Cemetery, which he has furnished 
as material, in part, for the volume. 

The sketch of the National Lincoln Monument has 
been prepared from original records, and from personal 
knowledge of the writer, who has been conversant from 
the commencement, with its history. 

Edwin S. Walker. 

Springfield, III., 

April 30, 1879. 






Contents. 



CONTENTS 



Page. 

History, ...... 7 

Dedication, .-...-. g 

Plan, ..... 19 

Sextons, -------- 21 

Area of Grounds, ------ 22 

Enclosure of Grounds, - 23 

Revenues, -------- 24 

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Donations, - • - - - - - 27 

Hutchinson Cemetery, ----- 28 

Summary, ------- 30 

Rules and Regulations, ----- 32 

Rules Concerning Improvements, - 35 

Rules Concerning Interments, 38 

Rules Concerning Lot Owners, and Visitors, 43 

Suggestions to Lot Owners, 47 

Trees and Shubbery, - - - • - - ■ 49 

Monuments, - 50 



Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



Pa ok. 
National Lincoln Monument, - - 51 

Bissell Monument, 62 

Soldiers' Monument, - - - - - 64 

List of Union Soldiers, ... -65 

Edwards Monument, - - ... _ 66 

Private Monuments, - - - - - -68 

Society Lots, ------- 74 

Successive Boards of Managers, 75 

City Charter, Fourth Amendment, - 78 

Revised City Ordinances, Chapter VII., - 81 

Revised City Ordinances, Chapter XXXI., S3 

City Ordinance of March 9, 1877, 86 

Revised City Ordinance, Ch. XXXI — Continued 87 

List of Lot Owners, ----- 91 

Footsteps of Decay, - - - - - - 100 



ERRATA 



Page 32. bottom line, read, March 9, 1870. 

Page 71, first and third lines, read Caldwf.ll, instead of Col- 
WELL. 

Page 74, after the words in which, middle of third line from 
bottom, read, are interred several Engineers and other employees, 
who died in the service of that Company. 



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H ISTO R I CAL 




HE grounds of this Institution now comprise 
seventy-four acres. The first purchase of a tract 
of land outside of the city limits of Spring-field, for 
burial purposes, was made in June. 1855. and in May, 
1856, a second purchase was made, enlarging the area 
to twenty-eight and one-half acres. The site chosen 
was a most beautiful one. Situated about two miles 
north of the Capitol, with undulating surface and 
pleasing blending of hill and dale, interspersed with a 
natural growth of deciduous trees, the location was 
peculiarly fitted for the purposes of sepulture. Forest 
oaks of various species being the prevailing shade, the 
name of Oak Ridge Cemetery was. at the suggestion 
ol Hon. John Cook, Mayor of the city, given to what 
has now become one of the most beautiful cemeteries 
in the land. Previous to 1858 but little improvement 
was made of the grounds, except to enclose them with 



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a common post and board fence. On the 18th of April 
of that year, Mr. George Willis was appointed Sexton, 
by the City Council. 

Being under the exclusive control of the City Coun- 
cil, and its rules and regulations consequently liable 
to influences and changes not in accordance with the 
desires and feelings of lot owners, the Cemetery did 
not at once gain that public favor which was desirable 
and necessary to its proper maintenance and improve- 
ment. It was therefore deemed advisable by the Coun- 
cil to obtain such Charter amendments as would more 
specifically define the tenure of the lot owners. Such 
amendments were obtained from the Legislature in 1859. 

In April, i860, under the Amended Charter, the first 
Board of Managers was chosen, as follows: 

Turner R. King, President. 
James L, Lamb. 
Gilbert S. Manning. 
Benj. F. Fox. 
Presco Wright, Secretary. 
George Willis was appointed Sexton. 

On Thursday, the 24th of May, i860, according to 
a resolution of the Board of Managers above named, 
the cemetery grounds, as originally laid out, were 
dedicated. The Mayor and members of the City 
Council, with a large concourse of citizens, partici- 
pated in the imposing ceremonies of the occasion. 
The day was most auspicious, one of the bright 
and beautiful days of the early Spring — fit season for 
the solemn and impressive services which were to 



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connect what is mortal in human life with the immortal 
life beyond. A procession was formed at the public 
square of the city, and under the direction of John S. 
Bradford. Esq.. and Thomas J. Dennis. Esq.. as mar- 
shals of the day. marched to the Cemetery, where the 
dedicatory services were held at three o'clock in the 
afternoon. 

PROGRAMME OF DEDICATION. 

1. y be Band. 

2. Prayer by Rev. JOHS G. Bf.rgkn". D. D.. Pastor of the First 

rerian Church. 

'■'>. Dirge, by the Choir, under the direction of Ge«»r«.*e L. Hi nt- 
IHGTOir. Esq. 

Word- by GrBOROB Croly. Music by J. Demmkr. 

•Earth to earth, and du-- 

Here the evil and the 

Here the youthful and the old. 

Here the fearful and the bold. 

Here the matron and the maid. 

In one silent bed are laid; 

the vassal and the king 

Side by side lie withering; 

Here the -word and sceptre ru-r — 
"Earth to earth, and dust to dust!" 

Age on age shall roll along. 
O'er this pale and mighty throng; 
Those that wept them, they that weep. 
All shall with these sleeper- 
Brothers, sisters of the worm. — 
Summer's sun. or Winters storm. 
Seng of peace, or battle's roar 
Ne'er shall break their slumbers un»re : 
Di-ath shall Jlen trn-r — 

Earth to earth, and dust to dust!" 



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But a day is coming- fast — 
Earth, thy mightiest and thy last! 
It shall come in fear and wonder. 
Heralded by trump and thunder; 
It shall come in strife and toil, 
It shall come in blood and spoil; 
It shall come in empires' groans, 
Burning temples, ruined thrones; 
Then Ambition, rue thy lust! 
'Earth to earth, and dust to dust!' : 



Then shall come the judgment sign; 
In the east the King shall shine, 
Flashing from the heaven's golden gate. 
Thousands, thousands, round his state; 
Spirits with the crown and plume; 
Tremble then, thou sullen tomb! 
Heaven shall open on thy sight, 
Earth be turned to living light — 
Kingdom of the ransomed just — 
'Earth to earth, and dust to dust!" 

Then thy mount, Jerusalem, 
Shall be gorgeous as a gem! 
Then shall in the desert rise 
Fruits of more than Paradise; 
Earth by angel feet be trod — 
One great garden of her God! 
Till are dried the martyr's tears, 
Through a thousand glorious years! 
Now in hope of him we trust— 
'Earth to earth, and dust to dust!" 



4. Address by Hon. James C. Conkltng: — 

How solemn, how impressive the scene ! Far away from the haunts 
of busy life, far distant from the ceaseless rush of active enterprise, 
far removed from the giddy whirl of fashion and of pleasure, we are 
assembled to consecrate this ground, not to the living, but the dead. 
Here we erect no stately edifice to supply the demands of commerce. 
Here we found no halls of learning in which to gather the accumulated 
treasures of art and science. Here we rear no temple, which shall 
resound with the noise of revelry and mirth. Here we raise no walls 
adorned with architectural splendor, in which to stimulate the hopes 



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and pamper the pride of vain ambition. Here we lay the foundation 
of no commercial emporium, through which are to roll with unceasing 
energy the rushing streams of life, and around which are to cluster 
unbounded visions of speculative wealth. 

We are assembled, my friends, for no such purpose. But here, with 
naught but the pure arch of heaven above us, and Nature in all her 
silent beauty and loveliness around us, we dedicate the City of the 
Dead. Here wc consecrate this sacred inclosure for the last demands 
of frail humanity. 

When the fitful dream of life is over, when the wild throbbings of 
ambition no longer stimulate the heart, when hope, God's lingering 
messenger to sinful man. has winged its flight, when love returns the 
kindred glance of love no more, when the heart, wounded and crushed 
amidst the contending elements of a cold and selfish world, has lost 
its elastic power, when the last pulse has beaten, the last sigh been 
heaved, the last groan been uttered, when man has run his allotted course 
and fulfilled his destiny on the earth, here he may find a resting place. 
Here the corruptible remains of his mortal nature may secure a refuge 
from the fierce storms and conflicts of life, for here "The wicked cease 
from troubling, and the weary are at rest. " 

Standing thus upon the borders of the tomb, methinks I hear the 
mighty tread of unnumbered millions as they are traveling onward 
from the cradle to the grave. Firmly and steadily they are press- 
ing forward resistless as fate. No obstacle can impede their pro- 
gress. Neither the threats of power, nor the blandishments of love, 
nor the influences of wealth can check their inevitable career. Indo- 
lence cannot retard, pleasures cannot divert, riches cannot bribe them 
to halt in the midst of their onward course. Inexorable destiny 
presses them forward without a moment's respite to the tomb. The 
heavy tramp of their march resounds through all the earth. It may 
be heard amid the frozen regions of the north, as the bold adventurer 
forces his passage across their icy plains in search of glory or of gain. 
It echoes amid the desert sands, parched by the burning blaze of a 
southern sun. From the far distant islands of the sea. mingled with 
the eternal roar of the surf that dashes upon their rock-bound shores, 
it comes booming across the mighty waste of waters. It resounds 
with the noise of the caravan, whose bones are left to bleach upon the 
arid plain. It is wafted upon our western breezes with the dying 
groans of thousands who rush in search of golden treasures. It fol- 
lows in the wake of the gallant ship, as she plows her lonely course 
across the trackless deep. It rises above the din of commerce upon 
the crowded mart. In the secluded valley, upon the fertile prairie 
and on the mountain top, it is mingled with the wailing and lamenta- 
tions of the mourner. Amidst the wretched hovels of the poor, and 
the gorgeous palaces of the rich ; in the dark lane as well as upon the 
broad avenue, amid the whispers of affection by the dying couch, and 



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above the raging tumult of the battle-field, may still be heard that 
ponderous tread of humanity, as it marches onward to the grave, in 
obedience to the fiat of the Almighty, "Dust thou art and unto dust 
shalt thou return. " 

The history of the past witnesses to the truth of this declaration. For 
six thousand years successive generations have arisen, have flourished 
and have died. The impress of mortality has been stamped upon the 
material organization of the human race. The lovely infant, exposed 
to the chilling atmosphere of the world, has refused to unfold the 
blossoms of its earthly existence, and calmly closed its eyes in death. 
Youth, in the midst of the enjoyments of life, and glowing with 
rich anticipations of the future, has been swept away. Full-aged 
maturity has run its allotted career, and yielded to the demands of 
nature. The antediluvian, around whose head the sun had circled 
century after century ; who like a giant oak had withstood unshaken 
the storms of many ages ; who had witnessed the rise and fall of suc- 
cessive empires, at last obeyed the universal law. His remains now 
rest upon the bosom of his mother earth, and this brief epitaph, "He 
was born, he lived, he died, " is all that is inscribed upon the page of 
history. 

The grave is the common inheritance of all mankind. The high and 
the low, the rich and the poor, the learned and the unlearned, the 
master and the serf, the monarch and his slave, the refined and the 
barbarous, are there reduced to the same level. There sleep the 
patriarchs, whose virtues illumine the page of sacred history, and there 
the prophets whose visions continue to inspire mankind with holy 
faith, and there the martyrs who sealed with their blood their devo- 
tion to the cause of truth, and there the apostles who taught the 
doctrines of Him who brought life and immortality to light, and 
there the early fathers, the memory of whose virtues is yet cherished 
with pious reverence. There slumbers the proud warrior, who often 
led his marshalled hosts to victory and to fame, and there the mon- 
arch whose noble qualities and illustrious deeds have filled the annals 
of history and stimulated the ambition of mankind, and there the 
philosopher whose profound intellect penetrated into the mysteries of 
nature, developed the secret laws which control the universe and har- 
monized into beautiful simplicity what appeared to be its chaotic and 
incongruous elements ; and there are deposited the mortal remains of 
those who were once the idolized objects of affectionate love, in every 
relation of domestic life. 

Hence the tomb has been regarded with sacred veneration by all 
people in all ages. 

The same sentiments by which we are controlled, and which beget 
in us a desire to mingle our ashes at last with the remains of those 
who were once the objects of our regard, are transmitted to us from 
the remotest periods of antiquity. 



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It was recorded upon the page of sacred history, four thousand 
years ago. that "Sarah died in Kirjath arba. the same is Hebron in the 
land of Canaan ; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep 
for her. And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto 
the sons of Heth. saying. I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; 
give me a possession of a burying place with you. that I may bury my 
dead out of my sight. And the field of Ephron. which was in Mach- 
pelah. which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was 
therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the 
borders round about, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession. 
in the presence of the children of Heth. before all that went in at th<' 
gate of the city. And after this. Abraham buried Sarah his wife in 
the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre. " 

Vs'e can well imagine how the aged patriarch loved to visit that 
sacred spot; how he lingered in silent communion with her spirit, be- 
neath the shade of the trees, that were in all the borders round about ; 
and how he mourned and wept at the pensive evening hour, at the 
cave, where were deposited the mortal remains of his departed wife. 

We can likewise appreciate the affectionate sentiments of his chil- 
dren who "Buried him in the cave of Machpelah. in the field of Ephron 
the son of Zohar the Hittite. which is before Mamre. the field which 
Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth. There was Abraham buried 
and Sarah his wife. " There were their ashes left to commingle, until 
the resurrection mom shall break, when this corruptible shall put <>n 
incorruption. and this mortal shall put on immortality. 

"And Jacob charged his sons and said unto them: I am to be gath- 
ered unto my people; bury me with ray fathers, in the cave that is in 
the field of Ephron the Hittite." "There they buried Abraham and 
Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and 
there I buried Leah." "And his sons did unto him according as he 
commanded them. " 

"And Joseph said unto his brethren." in the land of Egypt. "I die; 
and God will surely visit you. and bring- you out of this land unto the 
land which he sware to Abraham, 'to Isaac, and to Jacob. And Joseph 
took an oath of the children of Israel, saying. G-od will surely visit 
you. and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. " And it came to 
pass nearly two hundred years afterwards. " The bones of Joseph which 
the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in She- 
chem. in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor. 
the father of Shechem. for an hundred pieces of silver. '* 

How tenderly and affectionately is this same sentiment, this desire 
to be buried with those we love, expressed by Ruth where she addresses 
Xaomi. "Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from f ollowing after 
thee ; for whither thou goest. I will go ; and where thou lodgest. I will 
lodge; thy people shall be my people; and thy God, my God; where 
thou diest will I die. and there will I be buried. " 



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From those early ages to the present, the instincts of our nature 
have demanded some resting place where friends and kindred could 
repose together in the sleep of death. The Egyptians constructed 
labyrinths in which to deposit their mortal remains. The Phocnicans 
and Greeks hewed out vast chambers in their rocks for tombs. The 
Romans erected magnificent mausoleums or consecrated immense 
subterranean caverns for the purpose of burial. The grottoes and 
catacombs of Asia Minor, of Italy, and of Paris, constitute gigantic 
depositories, where the dead have accumulated for many successive 
generations. But none of these can excite the same tender emotions, 
can soothe so well the crushed and wounded heart, and satisfy so per- 
fectly the demands of our nature as the field of Ephron, with its cave 
for a tomb, and adorned by the trees that are in all the borders around 
about. 

The vain ambition of some long-forgotten monarch impelled him to 
construct the mighty pyramid, with the hope that his name and 
remains would be preserved as objects of idolatrous admiration 
through unnumbered ages. The gratitude of a government for the 
distinguished services of the illustrious dead, consecrated a Westmin- 
ster Abbey, where their honored remains refuse to mingle with the com- 
mon mould of humanity. The affections of our people concentrate 
around the tomb at Mount Vernon, they lavish their sympathies upon 
sculptured monuments and lofty columns ; but neither the pyramid, 
the temple or the pillar can impress the mind so profoundly, can melt 
the heart so tenderly, can inspire the affections with such religious 
awe, as the surroundings of nature, combined with art, as exhibited 
in the cemeteries of Pere la Chaise, and Mt. Auburn, and Greenwood, 
and Laurel Hill, and other celebrated burial places of the dead. 

Their serpentine walks, their shady recesses, their sacred emblems, 
their simple inscriptions, their unimpassioned stillness and heavenly 
repose invite the soul to sweet communion with the spirits of those 
who have departed, purify it from the dross of earth, and prepare it 
for a happier sphere. 

The broken column speaks in silent but emphatic tones of shattered 
hopes and blasted expectations. The funereal urn reminds us of the 
dust and ashes to which we shall finally be reduced. The rose bud is 
sweetly emblematic of those who merely sipped the cup of life and 
then refused to drink. The smiling cherub soothes the spirit crushed 
to earth and points the desponding heart to heaven as the source of 
comfort and consolation. The lofty column elevates the affections 
above the world, and directs them upward to the skies. The endu- 
ring marble is suggestive of the eternal truth, and abiding promises of 
Him who cannot lie. The brief inscription indicates the sum total of 
man's history, and emphatically rebukes the vanity of human ambi- 
tion ; while the cross, the grand center of attraction, proclaims that 
the affections are crucified to the world, and declares the triumph of 



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the soul over the power and dominion of sin. O! what lessons of 
wisdom may here be learned ! What gems and pearls of inestimable 
value may here be gathered upon the shores of eternity! As its 
waves murmur and ripple at our feet angel spirits seem to hover 
around us and invite us to launch upon its broad and peaceful bosom. 
How well may we here appreciate the insignificance of the present, 
and the immensity of the infinite future? Here does the present 
recede from the sight until it is lost in the distance, while the bound- 
less eternal fills the vision, and absorbs the soul. 

But who shall be the tenants of these silent abodes? Ah. my friends, 
this concerns us all. Soon the silver cord shall be loosed. Soon the gol- 
den bowl shall be broken. Soon the tenderest ties of life shall be sun- 
dered, and then shall be the gathering of assembled mourners. The 
funeral dirge shall mingle with the lamentations of the bereaved, the 
sad procession shall slowly wind along the dusty avenue, and you and 
I shall exchange the tenements of the living for the City of the Dead. 
"Then shall our dust return to the earth as it was. and the spirit return 
unto God who gave it. " * * * 

That blooming child, through whose pure veins now flows the cur- 
rent of life in rich profusion, whose melodious voice warbles like the 
music of the bird, whose merry laugh rings gratefully on the ear. 
whose brilliant eye sparkles with intelligence, and who eagerly sips the 
honey of existence from the flowers that bloom along its path, may 
be suddenly arrested in the midst of its enjoyments, and consigned to 
the tomb. 

Around me on every side, are the strong and the powerful, and 
the athletic forms of those who are actively engaged in all the 
busy avocations of life. One is striving to amass the treasures of this 
world by commercial enterprise, another is storing his mind with the 
principles of some honorable profession, and another is attempting to 
ascend the rugged heights of political ambition. But neither the 
honor nor the usefulness of their employ ments can resist the encroach- 
ments of disease, nor the ultimate triumph of death. The skill of the 
physician cannot baffle the assaults of the last grim adversary. The 
eloquence of the advocate cannot persuade him to relax his grasp. 
The argument of the statesman cannot change his relentless deter- 
mination. The wealth of the merchant and the banker cannot 
purchase one moment's respite. But soon all will sink beneath the 
stroke of the fell destroyer, and marble halls, and gorgeous palaces, 
and splendid fashion, and magnificent equipage, will be exchanged for 
the cerements of the dead — the funeral hearse — the silent grave. 

Here will be deposited side by side the father and son, the mother 

,and daughter, the brother and sister, the husband and wife. Here 

will be represented every relation in life, and every grade in human 

society. Here will be heard the lamentations of many a Rachel 

mourning for her children, and refusing to be comforted because 



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they are not. Here will be seen the aged form of many an Abraham 
bowed with grief at the tomb of his departed Sarah. Here will 
be heard the exclamation of many a David. "O my son Absalom. 
my son. my son Absalom, woiild God I had died for thee, O Absa- 
lom, my son, my son!" Here many a Martha, and Mary will come 
to weep at the grave of a beloved brother. Here will your children 
scatter flowers upon your tomb. Here wall they raise the testimonials 
of their affection. Here will they shed the tears of pious reverence 
for your memory. 

How appropriate then that this sacred enclosure should harmonize 
with the subdued and hallowed feelings of the soul ; that it should 
possess all those symbols and emblems which are calculated to inspire 
the mind with devotion, and lead the thoughts from earth to heaven ; 
that all its siirroundings and embellishments should be of such a char- 
acter as to elevate the affections, and purify the heart, and prepare it 
for a higher and holier state of existence. 

The flowers which decorate these graves shall fade away. The 
trees which adorn and beautify these grounds shall disappear. The 
monumental marble shall crumble into dust. These mouldering re- 
mains shall dissolve into their original elements. The sun shall grow 
dim with age. and the moon shall fail to give her light. These heavens 
and this earth shall pass away, but the soul, the immortal soul, shall 
exist beyond the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds. 

If then there be an immortality beyond the grave, if the tomb be 
merely the threshold of eternity, what folly, what madness, to forget 
our destiny and banish from our minds the thoughts of death. To 
the skeptic the future is dark, gloomy and impenetrable. His vision 
is bounded by the circumference of this life. His hopes are based 
upon the perishing fabric of this world. His happiness is staked upon 
the fleeting pleasures, and momentary enjoyments of time. 

But to the Christian the future is radiant with joy. To him life and 
immortality are brought to light in the Gospel. The tomb is the 
doorway through which he is ushered into a state of eternal glory. 
He is prepared to exclaim with the apostle. "I am now ready to be 
offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a 
good fight. I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Hence- 
forth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, 
the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day. " 

"So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this 
mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass 
the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. " 

Xo sooner is his soul disencumbered of its tenement of clay than 
regenerated and sanctified, it springs at once into the enjoyment of i 
everlasting happiness. He triumphs over the power and dominion of 
tlif grave. He rejoices with those who were once objects of his affec- 
tion here on earth. "Redeemed by the blood of Christ, and clothed in 



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robes of righteousness, he forever inherits that abode where there is 

n<> more sorrow, and no more sickness, and ho more tears, and no 
more death. 



5. Music, by the Band. 

<5. Dedication, by the .Mayor. Eon. Gr. A. SUTTON, setting apart 
the ground for the burial the dead. 

7. Hymn, by the Choir. 

Words by Bishop Heber. 



Beneath onr feet, and o'er our head 

Is equal warning given; 
Beneath us lie the countless dead. 

Above us is the heaven! 

Their names are graven on the stones, 
Their bones are in the clay; 

And ere another day is done 
Ourselves may be as they. 

Death rides on every passing breeze. 

And lurks in every flower; 
Each season has its own disease. 

Its perils every hour. 

Our eyes have seen the rosy light 
Of youth's soft cheek decay. 

And fate descend in sudden night 
On manhood's middle day. 

Our eyes have seen the steps of age 
Halt feebly towards the tomb. 

And yet shall earth our hearts engage. 
And dreams of days to comey 

Turn mortal, turn! thy danger know. 

Where'er thy foot can tread 
The earth rings hollow from helow. 

And warns thee of her dead! 



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Turn Christian, turn! thy soul apply 

To truths divinely given. 
The bones that underneath thee lie 

Shall live for hell, or heaven! 

8. Benediction, by Rev. James Leaton, Pastor of the First M. E. 
Church. 



And thus Oak Ridge Cemetery was dedicated as a 
City of the Dead, which it will ever be alike the duty 
and privilege of successive Boards of Managers to 
preserve and improve, in a manner befitting the sacred 
purposes of its establishment. After the lapse of 
twenty four years since the inception of the enterprise, 
Springfield now possesses in her Cemetery one of the 
most beautiful and well-ordered, anywhere to be found. 
Within its sacred precincts there now lie reposing the 
earthly remains of four thousand eight hundred and fifty- 
two of our fellow mortals, who 

"Have laid them down, in their last sleep," 

to await the resurrection of the last great day. 




The Gibson Monument. 



See Pace 69. 



Hope still lifts her radiant finger. 
Pointing to the eternal Home/' 



The Plan. 



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HAS. H. LANPHIER, Esq., who was at that 
time, 1855, a member of the City Council, rep- 
resenting the Second Ward, is entitled to the credit of 
inagurating the enterprise which has resulted so suc- 
cessfully in what Oak Ridge is to-day. 

From the small beginning, and the limited area of the 
first purchase, at a cost of $350, it has now come to 
rank among the most noted and best improved of 
American cemeteries. 

The original plans and plats of the grounds were 
made by Mr. William Sides, City Engineer. Under 
his plans the lots were laid out in squares, regardless of 
natural slopes and ravines, or of the general character 
of the ground, wholly unadapted to the purpose of a 
rural cemetery, and they were therefore very soon 
abandoned. 

The second survey and plat was made by Mr. Wm. 
Saunders, of Washington, D. C. His plan, in its gen- 
eral features, was more practicable, and in keeping with 
the natural features of the grounds. 

As perfected and thus far carried out, it has been 
the work of successive Boards of Managers, whose 



jo Oak Ridge Cemetery. 

study and observation of older cemeteries, to-wit. those 
of Boston. New York. Philadelphia and Cincinnati, 
have enabled them to profit by what has elsewhere been 
accomplished, in adapting a system of landscape garden- 
ing to the purposes of cemetery improvement. 

To every source from which they have derived sug- 
gestions and instruction in the successful prosecution of 
this enterprise, the Board of Managers of Oak Ridge 
Cemetery would give due credit, but first among these 
and chiefest, they acknowledge their indebtedness to him 
who first devised, and executed in this country, what has 
been appropriately called the landscape lawn method, — 
Mr. Adolph Strauch, the Superintendent of Spring 
Grove Cemetery, at Cincinnati. This method applies 
to the cemetery grounds the principles of the art of. 
landscape gardening, modified no further than is neces- 
sary for the purposes of burial. It secures to the 
grounds a combination of all the natural and artificial 
beauties of which they are capable, by uniting in one 
general plan all the effects of scientific landscape garden- 
ing, enhanced by whatever can be added by the sculp- 
tor's art. 

As early as 1856, Mr. Strauch presented his carefully 
matured plans, and design of a landscape lawn cemetery, 
to the Directors of Spring Grove Cemetery, which they 
unanimously approved, and published as it now exists. 

America is as yet unaware how much she owes to this 
large-hearted, and accomplished Prussian, who has devo- 
ted his talents for many years, to the achievement of 
results unequalled in this country, and scarcely surpassed 
in the old world. 



Sextons. 



txton*. 




lAVING served as Sexton for nine years, during 
j which period a large part of the general improve- 



ments of the cemetery grounds was made. Mr. George 
Willis was superceded in 1867 by Mr. Samuel Hood, 
who filled the position acceptably until 1872, when Mr. 
Willis was reappointed, and served until 1875, since 
which time Mr. Wm. F. Bickes, the present efficient 
Sexton has had charge of the grounds. 



Oak Ridge Cemetery 



rea of C§r0ttnbs 




INCE i860 the City Council has, upon recommen- 
dation of the Board of Managers, made further 
purchases of ground to provide for the prospective 
wants of our increasing population, so that they now 
embrace seventy- four and one-half acres. Six acres in the 
southern part of the cemetery, were deeded in 1865 by 
the city, to the National Lincoln Monument Associa- 
tion, upon which has been erected the National Lincoln 
Monument, one of the most splendid mausoleums to 
be found in any country, at a cost of over $200,000. 
To this shrine of patriotism come travelers from every 
land in the civilized world, to pay tribute to the 
memory of our martyred President. 



Enclosure of Grounds. 



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O PERMANENTLY protect the grounds from 
all encroachments, the Board of Managers early 
in the year 1865, resolved to enclose them with an osage 
orange hedge. The ground was prepared therefor and 
the plants set in the years 1865 and 1866. About forty 
acres were thus enclosed with a good hedge, upon the 
east, north, and northwest sides. Since then further 
improvements have been made of the same kind, which 
with the picket fence at the South Gate, and that lately 
built at the Eastern, or Main Entrance, completes a most 
substantial enclosure. 



24 Oak Ridge Cemetery 



cb enucs. 




OR DEFRAYING the expense of the im- 
provement of the grounds, the City Council 
made an annual appropriation of $1,000 for several 
years, until i§66, since which time the financial con- 
dition of the cemetery has been such as to require no 
further appropriation, the revenue arising from the sale 
of lots being sufficient to meet all necessary expenses, 
and also to provide a Permanent Improvement Fund 
of several thousand dollars. 

The successive Boards of Managers have constantly 
kept in view the single object of making Oak Ridge 
Cemetery such a place as is fitting for Christian burial. 
Realizing that they also are mortal, and that their own 
bodies will erelong be laid beneath the soil, in common 
with those of former associates, and friends, they have 
as their reward for any service which they have been 
able to render, the consciousness that their work has met 
with the generous appreciation of the public, whose 
servants they have been. 



Revenue 



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From year to year the proceeds of the sales of lots, 
with additional appropriations made by the Council, have 
been judiciously expended upon the grounds, under the 
supervision of the Board, in a manner to improve and 
develop their natural beauty, making Oak Ridge one of 
the most attractive and picturesque spots for the repose 
of the dead. 

Keeping ever in view the prospective as well as the 
present needs of the cemetery, the Board of Managers 
have provided means for the perpetual care of the grounds, 
so that lot owners have the assurance that after they 
shall have passed away, their graves and the improve- 
ments will be properly cared for. As the lots are ex- 
empt from public taxation, and liability for debt, and 
not subject to assesment, or annual charge, the owners 
can never be dispossed of their ground. 

In the year 1866, by ordinance of the City Council, 
passed upon recommendation of the Board of Managers, 
the sum of $2,000, credited to the cemetery from the 
sales of lots, was set aside and invested in city bonds, 
bearing interest at ten per cent per annum, and in 1867 
$1,000 was added to the amount, to be kept in perpe- 
tuity as a Permanent Improvement Fund, the interest 
only to be used for current expenses of the cemetery. 
Since 1867 that fund has been still further increased, 
so that it now amounts to $5,000. 

The object to be attained by the use of this fund will 
commend itself to the consideration of all, and it is the 
intention of the Board of Managers to add to it, from 



Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



year to year, any funds derived from the sale of lots, in 
excess of the ordinary expenses of the cemetery. 

Bequests, donations, or gifts, made for that purpose by 
any person, will be scrupulously applied to the increase 
of the Permanent Improvement Fund, and the interest 
derived therefrom expended in the improvement of lots 
of the donors, or in the general improvements of the 
grounds, as the donors may direct, by will or otherwise. 




The Kun Monument 



See Page 



DONATIONS. 27 



citations. 



T AN early period of its settlement, Elijah lies, 
Esq., presented to the city of Springfield a tract 
of four acres of land, within the city limits, to be used 
exclusively for the purpose of a Grave Yard. When in 
1856 the City Council, by ordinance, prohibited the fur- 
ther use of said tract of land for burial purposes, it 
reverted to the donor. Mr. lies, however, with the 
same commendable spirit which at first prompted the 
donation, in 1868 conveyed all his title to, and interest 
in said tract of land, by deed, to the city of Springfield, 
for the benefit of Oak Ridge Cemetery, upon the con- 
dition that at the end of fifteen years, to-wit, in 1883 
it be laid out into 20 and 40 foot lots and sold, the city 
having the privilege however of purchasing it as a whole 
for a Public Park, and the money derived from the sale 
of said ground to be invested in bonds, or other interest- 
bearing securities, the interest to be used in perpetuity 
for the general improvement of Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



Oak. Ridge Cemetery 



Itttcljinson mmtttxj). 




UBSEQUENT to the establishment of the city 
Grave Yard, the ground for which, as before 
stated, was donated to the city, Mr. John Hutchinson 
laid out a tract of about six acres, lying on the west of 
said Grave Yard, for cemetery purposes. It was known 
as Hutchinson's Cemetery, and for many years was 
the principal place of burial of the dead, in Springfield. 
With the establishment of Oak Ridge cemetery, an 
enterprise which was demanded by the rapidly increas- 
ing population, and the consequent surrounding of the 
former burial places with the busy activities of life, which 
rendered them no longer fit places of sepulture, steps 
were taken by the City Council by which further inter- 
ments in Huchinson's Cemetery were soon afterwards 
discontinued. 

An ordinance was passed by the Council in 1866, 
under the provisions of which owners of lots in Hutch- 
inson's Cemetery were enabled to exchange lots therein, 






Hutchinson Cemetery. 29 



for lots of equal area, in Oak Ridge Cemetery, By this 
arrangement the larger part of the ground in Huchin- 
son's Cemetery has come into the possession of the city, 
and Oak Ridge Cemetery has become the only burial 
place for our citizens. 

It is anticipated that the remaining lots -will, at no 
distant day. be exchanged, and thus the whole plat be 
vacated, and the proceeds of its sale be placed to the 
credit of Oak Ridge Cemetery, as a part of its Perma- 
nent Improvement Fund. 

Whether sold in lots, or devoted to public purposes, 
it was the mutual understanding of the City Council and 
the Board of Managers, that the vacated grounds should 
inure to the benefit of Oak Ridge Cemetery. 

SUGGESTIONS. 

Since the two old cemeteries are adjacent to each 
other, and both are destined before the lapse of many 
years to be wholly vacated, by the removal of such 
bodies as still remain there, it would seem desirable, 
situated as they are. not far from the center of popula- 
tion in our city, that the ground thus vacated be appro- 
priated to the purposes of, and laid out and improved 
as a Public Park. 

Such a purpose would subserve the interests of every 
citizen of our Capital City, and in the not far distant 
future, add greatly to its many attractions, as one of the 
most beautiful and desirable places for residence, in the 
Empire State of the west. 



30 



Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



Preserving the trees which now stand upon those 
grounds, and adding such improvements as would be 
appropriate, the shady recesses, and the sparkling foun- 
tains and pleasant walks, would be at once attractive by 
their beauty, and a source of health and happiness to 
the citizens of Springfield, through all time to come. 



SUMMARY. 

This brie'f sketch will suffice to show what measure of 
success has attended the efforts of the founders, and suc- 
cessive Boards of Managers, in transforming what was 
but a few years ago a succession of ravines and hillocks, 
sparsely covered with forest oaks, into a beautiful City 
of the Dead. Already the tenderest affections of many 
a bereaved heart are centered here, as by the burial of 
dear departed friends, it has become to many, the most 
sacred spot upon the Earth. 

The patriot and the statesman, the rich and the 
poor, the humble and the exalted in society, father, 
mother, husband and wife, brother and sister, children 
and friends,, have alike been summoned by the angel of 
death to their final resting place. Hither will often 
come surviving friends and kindred, to weep over the 
graves of their loved ones, and meditate in silence, and 
unseen, whilst bowing in humble submission to Divine 
Providence, not knowing as they behold the resting 
place of the departed, how soon or late, they too may 
be summoned to their eternal reward, and numbered 
with the silent dead. 



Hutchinson Cemetery. 31 



Here many a lesson will be learned from the tender 
associations ; the sighs of every breeze, the gently wav- 
ing foliage, the green or flowering sod, the sweet songs 
of birds, will all combine to awaken precious memories, 
and inspire the souls of men with hopes of immortality. 

Long may this sacred enclosure be preserved undese- 
crated. Here may sorrow find solace in calm and 
undisturbed meditation, and the weary and the careworn, 
a sweetly soothing retreat. Here may the thoughtless 
learn the lesson of their own mortality, from the solemn 
yet impressive admonitions of the grave. 



32 Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



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nits anb Stgnlstions. 



S^Z^S Oi^ LOTS. 




PPLICATION for lots must be made either to 
the City Clerk, or to the Sexton of the Ceme- 
tery, who resides with his family, upon the grounds. 

The prices of lots vary according to locality, ranging 
from 20. to 40 cents per superficial foot. 

In framing the Rules and Regulations which follow, 
the Board has availed itself, to a certain extent, of 
the regulations suggested by the experience of some 
of the principal cemetery organizations of the country, 
adapting them to the condition and surroundings of Oak 
Ridge. 

PROPRIETORSHIP OF LOTS. 

1. All lots shall be held in pursuance of Sections 16, 
17 and 18, of "An act to amend the Charter of the City 
of Springfield," approved February 18, 1859, anc ^ °f an 
ordinance of the City Council, passed .March 19, 1879, 



Rules and Regulations. 33 

which said act, and ordinance, may be found in full in 
proper place in this volume. 

2. Upon the purchase of a lot, or lots, the price 
must be paid over to the City Treasurer, and a deed 
must be obtained from the City Clerk, before any inter- 
ment will be made. 

Lots contain not less than three hundred and sixty 
superficial feet each, except some grounds set apart for 
smaller lots. 

3. Proprietors may not allow interments to be made 
in their lots for a remuneration, nor shall any transfer or 
assignment of any lot, or any interest therein, be valid 
unless approved, in writing, by the Board of Managers, 
when the City Clerk shall be duly notified thereof, that 
the proper record may be made of the same. 

4. The proprietor of each lot shall have the right to 
erect any proper stones, monuments, or sepulcral struc- 
tures thereon, except that no slab shall be more than 
two feet high, nor less than four inches thick, and 
all monuments, and all parts of vaults above ground, 
shall be of cut stone, granite or marble. 

TREES AND OTHER SHRUBBERY. 

5. The proprietor of each lot shall also have the right 
to cultivate trees, shrubs, and plants thereon ; but no 
tree, growing within any lot or border, shall be cut down 



34 Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



or destroyed, without the consent of the Board of Man- 
agers. 

6. If any trees or shrubs situated in any lot, shall, 
by means of their roots, branches, or otherwise, become 
detrimental to the adjacent lots or avenues, or unsightly, 
or inconvenient, it shall be the duty of the Board, and 
it shall have the right, to enter the said lot and re- 
move the said trees and shrubs, or such parts thereof 
as are detrimental, unsightly, or inconvenient. 

MONUMENTS. 

7. If any monument or structure whatever, or any 
inscription, be placed in or upon any lot, which shall 
be determined by the Board of Managers to be offen- 
sive or improper, or injurious to the appearance of the 
surrounding lots or grounds, it shall have the right, 
and it shall be its duty, to enter upon such lot, 
and remove the said offensive or improper object, or 
objects. 

8. The Board reserves the right, from time to time, to 
lay out, or alter, the avenues or walks, and to make such 
rules and regulations for the government of the grounds 
as it may deem requisite and proper, to secure and 
promote the general interests of the cemetery. 

9. Proprietors of lots, and their families, shall be 
allowed access to the grounds at all times, observing 
the rules which are, or may be, adopted by the Board 
for the regulation of visitors. 



Rules Concerning Improvements. 



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ENCLOSING OF LOTS. 

HE Board of Managers has no desire to interfere 
with the taste of individuals in regard to the style 
of improving their lots, yet in justice to the interests 
of the cemetery, it reserves the right of preventing or 
.removing any structure, or enclosure, which it may 
consider injurious to the general appearance of the 
grounds, and also of removing or pruning any trees 
or shrubbery which may obstruct, or mar the effect 
and beauty of the scenery, or otherwise prove to be 
injurious, unsightly, or detrimental. 

GRADE OF LOTS. 

i. To insure the proper regulation and improvement 
of the grounds, the grade of all lots will be determined 
by the Board of Managers. 

2. Persons who make improvements upon their lots, 
after they are graded, will be charged the cost of again 
putting them in order. 



36 



Oak Ridge Cemetery 



3. No kind of enclosure, other than stone curbing 
not more than three inches above the sod, will be 
allowed. 

4. No corner, or designating stones, will be permit- 
ted exceeding four inches in height above the ground. 

RULES FOR WORKMEN. 

5. All workmen employed in the construction of 
vaults, enclosing of lots, erection of monuments, etc. , 
must be subject to the control, and direction of the Board ; 
and any workman failing to conform to this .regulation , 
will not be permitted afterwards to work within the 
grounds. 

6. To protect the grounds, and especially improved 
lots, from injury, all excavations will be made by the 
workmen employed by the Board, under direction of 
the Sexton, at the expense of the owner. 

7. All graves shall be dug by workmen in the em- 
ploy of the Board, for which reasonable and fixed 
charges will be made. 

MONUMENTS. 



8. Foundations for monuments must be carefully laid 
in solid masonry, and not less than six feet deep, the 
usual depth of graves ; for in the erection of monuments, 
the choicest and best will avail nothing, unless the 
foundation be made with care. 



Rules Concerning Improvements. 37 



9. Foundations for head-stones must be not less than 
two and a half feet deep. 

10. The charges for building foundations, including 
digging, are $2.00 per hundred for brick foundations, and 
$5.00 per perch for stone ; the same to be built of the 
best hard brick, or stone, and laid in the best possible 
manner, with cement, or mortar, by the employes at the 
cemetery, and under the direction of the Sexton. 

11. Persons wishing to have improvements made 
upon their lots must pay for the same to the City Clerk, 
or Sexton, when ordered. 

12. Wooden, or plaster head-boards, of any descrip- 
tion whatever, are unsightly and useless incumbrances, 
and are therefore prohibited. 



Oak Ridge Cemetery 



nks Concerning jtntnrnunts, 




PPLICATION for lots, or graves, must be made 
either to the City Clerk, or to the Sexton. 



2. The Sexton will reside, with his family, within 
the cemetery, and will see that suitable persons are in 
attendance at every interment. 

3. Whenever an interment is to be made, timely 
notice thereof must be given at the office of the City 
Clerk, or to the Sexton of the cemetery, and a permit 
obtained therefor, specifying the name of the person, 
the size of the burial case, and, when to be made in 
private lots, the location of the grave, and time of inter- 
ment. 

4. The person applying for a permit must give the 
following particulars : 

1. Name of deceased. 

2. Place of nativity. 

3. Late residence. 

4. Age. 



5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

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Rules Concerning Interments. 39 

Date of decease. 

Date of interment. 

Disease, if known. 

Name of parents, or kindred, if known. 

In whose lot to be interred. 

Name of undertaker. 

Size of burial case. 



5. All interments will be subject to the following 
charges, which must be paid to the City Clerk, or Sex- 
ton, on obtaining the permit: 

For opening and closing a grave, under four feet 

in length, - - - - - S3. 00 

Four, to five feet in length, - 3. 50 

Five feet long, and upwards, - - - - 4.00 

Five feet long, and upwards, when in casket. - 4. 50 

BRICK GRA VE8. 

Persons desiring to have graves walled inside with 
brick, laid in cement, will be furnished at the following 
prices : 

From two, to three feet in length, inside, - $5.00 

From three, to four feet, inside, - - 6. 50 

From four, to five feet, inside, - - 7. 50 

From five, to six feet, inside. - - 9 .50 

From six, to seven feet, inside, - 11.00 

SINGLE GRA VES. 

When a single grave is wanted, the following prices 
are charged, payable on obtaining the permit from the 



40 Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



City Clerk, or Sexton, which covers the entire expense 
for the ground, and the opening and closing of the 
grave : 

For grave under four feet in length, $6.00 

From four, to five feet in length, - 7.00 

Five feet in length, and upwards, - - - 8.00 

Should any person who has purchased a single grave 
wish at any time thereafter to purchase a lot, the re- 
mains will be removed, if so desired, from the single 
grave to such lot, and reinterred without additional 
charge ; the vacated grave reverting back to^the ceme- 
tery. Such change shall be properly entered upon the 
cemetery records. 

During the months of May, June, July, August, Sep- 
tember and October, no body shall be disinterred within 
three years after decease. From the first day of Novem- 
ber to the first day of May disinterments may be made 
at any time after death. 

RECEIVING TOMB. 

A receiving tomb is provided for the benefit of those 
who have not chosen lots, and who, in sudden bereave- 
ment, are not prepared to make immediate selection of 
a final resting place for deceased friends, as also for the 
accommodation of those who may be awaiting the arri- 
val of absent friends. It is a conspicuous ornament to 
the cemetery grounds. 

From the first day of November until the first day 
of June, twenty days from the time of deposit, will be 
allowed for the selection of a lot, and removing the 



Rules Concerning Interments. 41 

remains thereto. During the months of June, July, 
August, September and October, ten days only will be 
allowed, except by special permission of the Board. 

For each deposit in the receiving tomb $10 will be 
charged. If removed within the time above specified, 
$5 will be refunded. If not so removed, the remains 
will be interred by the Sexton, in the grounds set apart 
for single graves, and no portion of the amount paid 
will be refunded. No cholera, or small-pox case will be 
admitted into the receiving tomb. 

At the time of deposit the burial cases are all num- 
bered, and a registry made of them, with a view to dis- 
tinguish them readily, when finally removed, and thus 
prevent their being previously disturbed. In this, as in 
all arrangements pertaining to interments, care is taken 
to avoid everything that might be unpleasant to the 
feelings of relatives and friends, and to consult, as far as 
practicable, their peculiar wishes and views. 

Application for a permit to deposit in the receiving 
tomb must be made to the City Clerk, or Sexton ; also 
for removal, so that a proper entry can be made in the 
book kept for the purpose. 

VAULTS. 

Particular care is needed in the plan and construction 
which may be adopted. The stones of which they are 
built should be of sufficient length to extend frequently 
through the wall, not mere slabs set up on edge, forming 



42 Oak Ridge Cemetery. 

no bond, or union, between the outer and inner surfaces. 
When angles occur, each alternate course should be 
composed of solid stones, cut to the angle required, so 
as to effectually prevent a separation of the walls. 

When placed in the hillside the parts above the nat- 
ural surface of the ground should be of cut stone, the 
sides as well as the front, so as to avoid all artificial 
embankments and sodding. The natural form of the 
hill will thus be preserved, unsightly artificial mounds 
will be prevented, and the expense of frequently renew- 
ing, and repairing embankments, will be avoided. The 
front foundation wall should not be less in depth than 
two and a half feet, nor should the side walls in any part 
be of less thickness than two feet. The roof should 
always be of stone tiles, or cut stone flagging, and the 
joints thoroughly protected from exposure to the 
weather. The interior of the vaults should be fitted up 
with shelves, so constructed as to admit of each coffin 
being permanently, and tightly sealed in, at the time of 
interment, with tablets of stone or marble, prepared 
for the inscription desired. 

Vaults under ground should be built of stone walls 
at least eighteen inches thick, with arch of hard brick, 
twelve inches thick, and all laid in the best of cement. 



Rules Concerning Lot Owners and Visitors. 43 



nits ffionarmng lot Qftomrs, etc. 




VERY lot owner is entitled to admission to the 
Cemetery, for himself and family, and has the 
privilege of introducing strangers thereto, subject to the 
rules and regulations. 

2. From the first day of May, to the first day of 
November, the South Gate will be closed at all times, 
except for the admission of funeral processions. 



3. From the first day of May, to the first day of 
November, there will be a Gate-Keeper stationed at the 
East Gate, or Main Entrance, who will be charged with 
such duties as may be necessary to secure the proper 
observance of the rules and regulations of the cemetery. 

4. On Sundays, all visitors, whether in vehicles or 
on foot, are required to have Tickets, to be presented to 
the Gate-Keeper, in order to gain admittance. Lot- 
owners' Season Tickets may be obtained on application 
to the City Clerk, and are not transferable. 



44 Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



5. Visitors, and other persons than lot owners, may 
obtain Tickets of admission, on application at the office of 
the Mayor, or the City Clerk, or to any member of the 
Board of Managers. For the accommodation of stran- 
gers, Tickets will at all times be found at the principal 
Hotels of the city, where they will be furnished to all 
proper persons, upon application therefor. 

6. No Tickets will be required upon any days of the 
week, except Sundays. 

7. The gates will be opened for entrance daily at 
sunrise, and closed, except for egress, at sunset. 

8. No vehicle will be allowed to pass through the 
grounds at a speed faster than a walk. 

9. No person on horseback will be allowed within 
the enclosure. 

10. Horses must not be left without a driver, unless 
securely fastened. 

1 1 . No person will be permitted to enter the ceme- 
tery except through the gates. 

12. All persons are prohibited from picking flowers, 
either wild or cultivated, or breaking any tree, shrub or 
plant. 

13. No person will be permitted to enter the grounds 
with refreshments. 



Rules Concerning Lot Owners and Visitors. 45 



14. All persons are prohibited, under a penalty of 
$10, from writing upon, defacing, or injuring any monu- 
ment, fence, or other structure in, or belonging to the 
cemetery. 

15. No smoking will be allowed, nor lying upon the 
grass, nor persons with fire-arms admitted within the 
cemetery. 

16. Any person disturbing the quiet and good order 
of the place, by noise or other improper conduct, or who 
shall violate any of the rules, will be immediately com- 
pelled to leave the grounds. 

17. The Sexton is charged to prohibit the entrance 
of all improper persons, and those who may be known 
to have, at any time, wilfully transgressed the regula- 
tions of the cemetery. 

18. Visitors are reminded that these grounds are 
sacredly devoted to the interment of the dead, and that 
a strict observance of the decorum which should char- 
acterize such a place, will be required of all. 

19. The Sexton is authorized, and directed, to remove 
all persons who may violate any of these rules, or com- 
mit any trespass. Trespassers are liable to prosecution, 
and to a fine of $25 for each offense. 

20. The provisions and penalties of the law will be 
strictly enforced, in all cases of wanton injury to any- 
thing within, or belonging to the cemetery. 



46 Oak Ridge Cemetery 



TOLLING OF THE BELL. 

i. The bell at the Sexton's office is tolled as each 
funeral procession enters the gateway of the cemetery. 

2. When the Sexton is absent from his office, one 
tap of the bell will summons him. 

The Sexton of this Cemetery is, by law, appointed a 
Special Police Officer, with power to arrest on sight, 
and prosecute before a Magistrate, any and all persons 
who violate the rules and regulations, or commit any 
trespass. All persons are, therefore, reminded that the 
grounds are sacredly devoted to the burial of the dead, 
and that the provisions and penalties of the law will be 
strictly enforced in all cases of disturbance, or disregard 
of the Rules and Regulations of the Cemetery. 



Suggestions to Lot Owners 



47 



ugjg*sti0tts to ftoi ©toners 




T FREQUENTLY occurs that messages are sent 
requesting that graves be opened adjoining, or 
near the graves of persons previously interred. Where 
graves are not designated by stones or otherwise, it will 
be impossible, in process of time, to comply with the 
directions thus given, unless some system designating 
every grave, be adopted. It is recommended, there- 
fore, that each lot owner make a drawing of his plat 
upon the back of his deed, and record on it every inter- 
ment, with name and date. Upon the occurrence of 
future interments, let a transcript of this map, with the 
place marked where the grave is desired to be opened, 
be duly sent to the Sexton. In this way every difficulty 
will be obviated, and an interesting family record will be 
made, and preserved for future generations. 



The permanence of sepulchral architecture is an ob- 
ject so desirable as to entitle it to special attention. The 
dilapidation and disfigurement of structures reared for 
the dead, have been too common to excite surprise, but 



48 Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



can never be witnessed without pain. Owing to nu- 
merous causes of decay and displacement, which arc 
ever in action, it should be made a primary considera- 
tion to guard against them. Respect for the dead, res- 
pect for ourselves, and a just regard for the taste and 
feelings of all, whom either affection or curiosity may 
attract to the cemetery, demand so much, at least, of 
those who shall make improvements in Oak Ridge. 
This is a matter in which all are interested, for whatever 
the precaution and care used by some, if others, through 
inattention, suffer their grounds and monuments to be- 
come neglected, painful contrasts will soon offend the 
eye. and the entire grounds will suffer a serious injury. 

It is not possible wholly to prevent the effect of atmos- 
pheric influences, but proper care in the erection of 
monuments will greatly counteract and long retard the 
footsteps of decay. 



Trees and Shrubbery. 4$ 



ItttB anb J&riibberg. 




N THE SELECTION and placing of trees and 
shrubs, good judgment and taste should prevail. 
A very desirable effect may be produced by appropri- 
ately grouping trees, so arranging size, form, and color, 
that all will harmonize, or contrast favorably with the 
surrounding shrubbery. If attention be not paid to this 
feature, the most beautiful landscape will be marred. 

Discrimination should also be exercised in selecting 
smaller shrubbery and flowers, that they may be suita- 
ble to the purpose for which the grounds are set apart. 
Care ought to be taken that too many flowers be not set 
out, and that the varieties and colors of such as are 
selected, be appropriate. Nothing coarse or incongruous 
with the object and the place should be chosen. Those 
which are delicate in size, form, and color, should be 
preferred. Such as are simple and unobstrusive, and 
particularly those which are symbolical of friendship, 
affection, and remembrance, are most fitting to beautify 
the Place of Graves. 



59 Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



ointments. 




ITIZENS of Athens gloried in the graves of 
the companions of Miltiades, at Marathon, and 
the Spartans pointed with pride to the tomb-stones of 
Thermopylae. Those memorials erected to the memory 
of the departed, were executed in the most costly man- 
ner, and reflected at once, the sentiments of the living, 
and the character of the dead, in the highest triumphs 
of Grecian art. 

The sepulchres of the ancient Romans were likewise, 
many of them, magnificent works of art, which still 
stand as illustrations of the reverence with which they 
sought to preserve, alike the memories and the ashes, of 
their heroes, and poets, their statesmen, and philo- 
sophers. 

Monuments teach us lessons of most profound and 
solemn import. They serve to perpetuate the recollec- 
tion of kindly sympathies and tender affections, as well 
as deeds of valor, and the records of human greatness. 

"The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power. 
All that beauty, all that wealth e'r gave. 
Await alike the inevitable hour, 

The path of glory leads but to the grave. " 




Lincoln Monument. 



The Lincoln Monument. 5 1 



fyt ftincoln Monument 




O THE southward in Oak Ridge Cemetery, upon 
a beautiful rising headland, stands the lofty granite 
obelisk, which is at once the resting place and Monu- 
ment of our lamented President, Abraham Lincoln. 
To this shrine of patriotism through all the circling cen- 
turies of the unseen future, pilgrims will come from 
every land, to do honor to the memory of one of the 
world's greatest benefactors. 

For such as may never enjoy that privilege, as well as 
to briefly record a chapter in the history of Oak Ridge 
Cemetery, which will forever render it one of the most 
noted cemeteries in America, the following sketch of 
the Monument is prepared. 

Soon after the death of President Lincoln, in April, 
1865, a committee was chosen by the citizens of Spring- 
field to make arrangements for the burial of all that was 
mortal of their former associate, and illustrious fellow- 
citizen. Agreeable to the expressed desire of Airs. 
Lincoln, the casket containing his remains was, on the 
4th day of May, 1865, deposited in the public receiving 



52 Oak Ridge Cemetery. 

tomb, at Oak Ridge Cemetery. A cut of this tomb, as 
will be seen, adorns these pages. It is located at the 
foot of the gently sloping hill, about twenty rods to the 
north of the Monument, and from its sacred associations 
will, as long as it stands, continue to be an object of 
interest to every visitor. 

In May, 1865, the National Lincoln Monument 
Association was formed, and incorporated under, and 
in accordance with the laws of Illinois. 

The Board of Directors of this Association comprised 
fifteen of the most prominent citizens of Springfield. 
It was duly organized by the election of — 

Governor, Richard J. Oglesby, President. 
Hon. Jesse K. Dubois, Vice-President. 
Clinton L. Conkling, Esq., Secretary. 
Hon. James A. Beveridge, Treasurer. 

In June, 1865, steps were taken towards the construc- 
tion of a temporary tomb, in which to deposit the re- 
mains of President Lincoln until the proposed Monu- 
ment should be erected. This temporary tomb, which 
stood ten or twelve rods to the northeast of the site of 
the Monument, was completed in 1865, and the casket 
containing the remains removed thereto, under the 
supervision of the Monument Association, by Thomas 
C. Smith, Esq., undertaker, on the 21st day of Decem- 
ber. 

The cut, which our engraver has made from a photo- 
graph, is an excellent representation of this tomb, as it 
stood for nearly six years, until the second removal of 



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The Lincoln Monument. 53 



the casket was made, as before, under the direction of 
the Monument Association, by Thomas C. Smith, Esq., 
to the crypt of the Monument, on the 19th day of Sep- 
tember, 1 87 1. In grading the ground, this tomb hav- 
ing served its purpose, was soon afterwards demolished. 

Funds having been contributed for the purpose, and 
plans perfected, the erection of the Monument was com- 
menced on the 9th day of September, 1869. The cap- 
stone was placed in position on the 22nd day of May. 
1 87 1, and it was dedicated on the 15th day of October, 
1874, with appropriate and imposing ceremonies. 

THE DEDICATION. 

As was fitting an occasion so intimately connected 
with the name and fame of his illustrious predecessor, 
the President of the United States came from the far 
distant capital, with thousands of his fellow-citizens, rep- 
resenting all parts of the Union, to do honor to the 
memory of him whose name is one of the few the im- 
mortal names which were not born to die. 

The day was auspicious, one of the most beautiful 
days of autumn. The arrangements were in keep- 
ing with the solemn yet profoundly inspiring event. 
At ten o'clock a procession was formed on the Public 
Square, consisting of military companies, civic societies, 
and citizens, with Governor John L. Beveridge as Chief 
Marshal of the day. It marched through the principal 
streets of the city, which had been spanned with grand 
arches, decorated with autunm leaves in rich profusion, 
and with appropriate mottoes, and after the detour past 



54 Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



the humble home of Lincoln, the plain citizen who went 
forth to world-wide renown, reached Oak Ridge Cem- 
etery, two miles away, where twenty thousand persons 
witnessed, or participated in the ceremonies of the 
dedication. 

After prayer by Bishop Wyman, of the African M. 
E. Church, the exereises commenced with a historical 
statement of the origin and progress of the Monument, 
which was read by Hon. Jesse K. Dubois, acting Pres- 
ident of the Lincoln Monument Association. This was 
followed by an address by Hon. Richard J. Oglesby, 
which embraced, in grand review, the outlines of that 
remarkable life, so unique, so simple, so humble in 
origin, and so interwoven with our country's glory, and 
the securing of liberty throughout the land. The ad- 
dress was worthy alike of the memory of the martyred 
President, the story of whose life it told, and of his 
friend who told it without overstrained eulogy, and with 
simple justice to its illustrious subject. 

At the close of this address, the statue of Lincoln in 
bronze, which had lately been placed in position, was 
unveiled and greeted with enthusiasm by the vast multi- 
tude that thronged on every side. After a brief poem 
by James J. Lord, Esq. , in which it was truly and beau- 
tifully said — 

"To deeds alone, 

A grateful people raise the historic stone, 

****** 

It is the past that consecrates the day, " 

President Grant delivered an address, one of the longest 
perhaps he ever attempted. He read from manuscript 



The Lincoln Monument. 55 



held in hand^ and with almost blushing artlessness, and 
simplicity of manner, yet clearly and distinctly. The ad- 
dress will be read by our children in days yet far distant, 
in connection with Lincoln's briefer and eloquent address 
at the dedication of the battlefield of Gettysburg, as a 
National Cemetery. The world will long remember 
what he said there, for it is as immortal as the English 
language. It was but the appreciative expression of 
truth by President Grant, when he said of Lincoln ; 
" His faith in an Allwise Providence directing our arms 
to this final result, was the faith of the Christian that his 
Redeemer liveth. * * * To know him personally 
was to love and respect him for his great qualities of 
heart and head, and for his patience and patriotism. * * 
In his death the nation lost its greatest hero." 

These words were worthy alike of him whose Chris- 
tian, patriotic heroism, they so beautifully describe, and 
of him who spake them, himself so distinguished in 
illustrious achievement, in securing the perpetuity of the 
Union. 

Following this address, Vice-President Wilson spoke 
very briefly, as did also Gen. Sherman, and Ex-Vice- 
President Colfax, at greater length, and with tender 
memories of him for whose loss the world stood in 
mourning. With the singing of the Doxology, "Praise 
God from whom all blessings flow," and a benediction 
by Rev. Albert Hale, the exercises closed, and the vast 
throng dispersed, nearly four hours having been occu- 
pied in the programme. 

In the evening all the principal streets of the city 
were splendidly illuminated ; meanwhile President Grant 



56 Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



and Mrs. Grant, and Gen. Sherman, held a reception at 
the Executive Mansion of the State, which was attended 
by a vast throng, in which were distinguished officers of 
the government, both civil and military, including Gen- 
erals McDowell, Custar, Pope, Ex-Secretary Borie, and 
Larkin G. Mead, the celebrated Vermont sculptor, who 
designed the Monument, and executed the noble and 
life-like statue of Lincoln, which adorns it. 

DESCRIPTION OF THE MONUMENT. 

The Monument is, in its exterior, wholly of Quincy, 
Massachusetts, granite. It consists of a base about 
seventy feet square, with semi-circular extensions to the 
north and south, with about fifteen feet radius, the 
whole base rising to the height of sixteen feet from the 
ground, and forming a terrace, which is reached by four 
flights of granite steps. A heavy granite balustrade 
ascends with each stairway and extends around the ter- 
race, forming a parapet. From the center of the terrace, 
standing upon deep foundations, rises the shaft twelve 
feet square at the top of terrace, and eight feet square 
at the apex, which is one hundred feet from the ground. 
At each corner of the shaft a circular pedestal, ten feet 
in diameter, rises to the hight of twelve feet. Two of 
these are surmounted by groups of statuary in bronze, 
one representing the Navy, and the other the Infantry ; 
upon the other two pedestals will be placed groups rep- 
resenting the remaining two aims of the military service, 
viz : the Artillery and Cavalry. One of these will be 



The Lincoln Monument. 57 

completed and placed in position in 1880, the other in 
1881. 

On the south side of the shaft a square pedestal, some 
six or seven feet in diameter, rises twenty feet above 
the terrace, and thirty-six feet above the ground. Upon 
this, facing southward, stands the bronze statue of Lin- 
coln, eleven feet in height, and upon the face of the 
pedestal beneath the statue is the Coat-of-arms of the 
United States in bronze, while still beneath that is the 
name Lincoln, in large raised capitals, cut in the granite. 
The statue is, both in design and execution, alike suc- 
cessful as a true representation of the human form, and 
of the man whose image it was designed to hand down to 
future generations. It was erected at a cost of 813,700, 
having been designed by Mr. Mead, in Italy, and cast 
in bronze at Chicopee, Massachusetts. In the left 
hand, which is extended downward, and as though about 
to be presented to the bondmen, whose chains it broke, 
is a scroll on which the word Emancipation is inscribed, 
whilst the right hand rests upon fasces, partially covered 
by the Banner of the Republic, and at the foot of the 
fasces lies a laurel crown. Within the semi-circular ex- 
tension of the terrace on the south is Memorial Hall, 
and within that on the north is the Catacomb. The 
latter consists of a semi-circular vestibule of about twelve 
feet radius, with arched ceiling, and marble floor, and 
five crypts at the rear, elevated three feet from the floor. 
In the vestible, which is entered by a grated iron door, 
is an Italian marble Sarcophagus, which contains all that 
was mortal of Abraham Lincoln. Upon the end of this 
is a wreath of oak leaves, beautifully wrought, surround- 



58 Oak Ridge Cemetery. 

ing the name Lincoln, and outside the wreath the 
memorable words — 

"With malice towards none, with charity for all." 

Two crypts contain the remains of Mr. Lincoln's de- 
ceased children, and those yet unoccupied are designed 

for the remaining members of his family. 

Memorial Hall, oval in shape, twenty-four by thirty- 
two feet, with arched ceiling and marble floor, is fin- 
ished on the sides, as is the vestibule of the Catacomb, in 
panels of Vermont marble. This is designed as a recep- 
tacle for any memorials of Mr. Lincoln. Among those 
already placed there is a block of stone taken from an 
ancient wall in Rome, which had been placed there 
by human hands more two thousand four hundred years 
ago, during the reign of Servius Tullius. This block 
was sent to Mr. Lincoln by some Roman patriots, and 
at the time of his death it was lying in the basement of 
the Capitol at Washington. The translation of the Latin 
inscription upon it is as follows: 

"To Abraham Lincoln, President for the second time 
of the American Republic, citizens of Rome present 
this stone from the wall of Servius Tullius, by which 
the memory of each of those brave asserters of liberty 
may be associated. Anno. 1865." 

COST OF THE MONUMENT. 

The total cost of the Monument is upwards of $200,- 
000. Of this sum, $27,000 were contributed by soldiers 



The Lincoln Monument. 59 



and sailors in the United States service, $8,000 of it 
having been made up by colored soldiers. Sixty thou- 
sand Sunday School scholars contributed $20,000. The 
State of Illinois, in two appropriations, paid $77,000 ; 
the State of New York, $10,000; Missouri, $1,000; 
Nevada, $500. The balance was made up by voluntary 
contributions from public schools, churches, benevolent 
societies, and the masses of the American people. 

The engraving of the Monument presents a southeast 
perspective view; it is from a photograph by Pittman, 
the most perfect ever taken by any Artist. 

The structure is a fitting memorial of the great and 
good man. whose mortal remains it encloses, and whose 
fame it serves to perpetuate. 



"Such was he, our Martyr- Chief, 

Whom late the Nation he had led, 

With ashes on her head, 
Wept with the passion of an angry grief : 
Forgive me, if from present things I turn 
To speak what in my heart will beat and burn. 
And hang my wreath on his world-honored urn. 

Nature, they say, doth dote, 

And cannot make a man 

Save on some worn-out plan. 

Repeating us by rote : 
For him her Old World moulds aside she threw, 

And, choosing sweet clay from the breast 
Of the unexhausted West, 
With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, 
Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. 

How beautiful to see 
Once more a shepherd of mankind indeed, 
Who loved his charge, but never loved to lead ; 
One whose meek flock the people joyed to be, 

Not lured by any cheat of birth. 



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But by his clear-grained human worth, 
And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! 

They knew that outward grace is dust; 
They could not choose but trust 
In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, 

And supple -tempered will 
That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. 
His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind, 
Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy bars, 
A sea-mark now, now lost in vapors blind ; 
Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lined, 
Fruitful and friendly for all human kind, 
Yet also nigh to Heaven and loved of loftiest stars. 

Nothing of Europe here, 
Or, then, of Europe fronting mornward still, 
Ere any names of Serf or Peer 
Could Nature's equal scheme deface ; 
Here was a type of the true elder race, 
And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face. 

I praise him not ; it were too late ; 
And some innative weakness there must be 
In him who condescends to victory 
Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, 
Safe in himself as in a fate. 

So always firmly he : 
He knew to bide his time, 
And can his fame abide, 
Still patient in his simple faith sublime, 
Till the wise years decide. 
Great captains, with their guns and drums, 
Disturb our judgment for the hour, 
But at last silence comes ; 
These all are gone, and, standing like a tower, 
Our children shall behold his fame, 

The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, 
Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, 
New birth of our new soil, the first American. " 



It is but justice to say that the work of erecting the 
Monument was done under the personal supervision of 
the Executive Committee, appointed by the Board of 



The Lincoln Monument. 



Directors of the Monument Association. This Com- 
mittee consisted of — 

Hon. John T. Stuart, Chairman. 
John Williams, Esq. 
Jacob Bunn, Esq. 

Mr. Stuart, the life-long, intimate friend of Mr. Lin- 
coln, watched over the work with unstinted zeal, as it 
was to him a labor of love, and a service of honor to 
the memory of his illustrious friend. 

Hon. O. M. Hatch, as Secretary of the Board, and 
Hon. James H. Beveridge, Treasurer, rendered most 
efficient service in their respective departments, during 
the progress of the work to its completion. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. 

Richard J. Oglesby, President. 

Shelby M. Cullom, Vice-President. 

Ozias M. Hatch. Secretary. 

James H. Beveridge, Treasurer, 

John T, Stuart. 

James C. Conkling. 

Orlin H. Miner. 

Jacob Bunn. 

John Williams. 

Milton Hay. 

John M. Palmer. 

Newton Bateman. 

Charles S. Zane. 

David L. Phillips. 

Samuel H. Treat. 



Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



issell monnmtnt. 




EXT AFTER the Lincoln Monument, as a con- 
spicuous ornament to Oak Ridge, is that erected 
to the memory of Governor William H. Bissell. Situa- 
ted on Block 12, in the eastern part of the cemetery, 
this most elaborate monument stands upon a limestone 
base seven feet square, and is twenty-one feet in height. 
It is constructed of Italian marble, and is surmounted 
by an eagle holding a copper scroll in its beak. Our 
Photographic Artist, Mr. A. F. Ingmire. has given so 
perfect a representation of it that no pen-picture would 
suffice to improve it. Governor Bissell having died 
in office in i860, his remains were interred in Hutchin- 
son's Cemetery, as Oak Ridge was at that time still 
almost in a state of nature. 

The Legislature of Illinois in 1867, with honorable 
remembrance of his distinguished services, appropriated 
the sum of $5,000 for the purpose of erecting a suitable 
monument. The money was expended, and the monu- 
ment erected in 1868, under the supervision Hon. O. 
M. Hatch, who was Secretary of State, and Hon. Jesse 
K. Dubois, who was State Auditor, during the adminis- 




The Bissell Monument. 



Bissell Monument. 63 

tration of Governor Bissell. The design was by E. E. 
Myers, Esq., since well known as the architect of the 
State Capitol of Michigan. On the 30th day of May, 
1 87 1, the remains of the Governor, as also those of his 
wife, who was interred by his side in Hutchinson's 
Cemetery, were removed to Oak Ridge, and re-interred 
at the foot of the monument. Upon the eastern side 
is the following inscription : 

WILLIAM H. BISSELL, 

10th Governor of the 

State of Illinois. 

Born April 25, 1811. 

Died in office 

March 18, 1860. 

And encircled by a wreath of oak and laurel : 




Upon the west side is the brief tribute 

This Monnment to his 

Memory, erected by the 

State, in gratitude for his 

rnanv and varied services. 



jdge Cemetery. 



fyt §>oMtzs monnmtxtt 




HIS MONUMENT is located in the northwest- 
ern part of the cemetery, upon a small oval lot, 
at the intersection of the Tour with the West Branch 
Avenue. It was erected in 1874, at a cost of $800, 
which amount was paid by the Lincoln Monument 
Association, out of funds provided by the Illinois State 
Sanitary Commission, when it completed its humane 
work, and terminated its existence, in 1872. It is an 
elegant column of Italian marble, upon a limestone 
base, fourteen feet in height. It was designed and exe- 
cuted by J. Baum, Esq , and the excellent cut which 
adorns these pages was furnished by the Stevenson Post, 
of the G. A. R. Upon its four sides are the names of 
forty Union Soldiers, deceased, a large part of whom 
died in the service, and on the field of battle, and others 
at home, since the close of the war. The graves of 
thirteen, of the forty, are located in a circle surrounding 
the monument, twenty-seven others are interred upon 
private lots in different parts of the cemetery. 




Soldiers' Monument. 



The Soldiers' Monument. 65 



NAMES OF UNION SOLDIERS INTERRED IN 
OAK RIDGE CEMETERY. 

Of these, such as are marked by an asterisk,* are 
interred upon the oval lot on which the Soldiers' Monu- 
ment stands : 

Block. Lot. 

Alsop, E 

Ames, Fisher 13 52 

*Allen, Henry W 

* Alexander, John W 

*Bishop. George W 

Buck, William H 12 111 

* Burrows, James H 

Busby. A 

Canfield, Daniel L 10 37 

*Doenges. Kellinges 

Green, William J 

Harlan, E. B 9 20 

Haynie, I. X 

Henrv, Thomas F 9 100 

*Hill" Eaton 

Ingels. William V 1 115 

Jones, Heniy 8 44 

Kavanagh, J. P 

*Kern, John 

Latham. William H 10 6 

Mendell, Noah E 7 169 

Mclntyre, Marshall 13 32 

McManus. M 14 54 

Moffett. T 

Moore. E. V 1 17 

Orr, S.P 

Phillips, T. U 

Phillips. Freeman F 12 66 

Roman. J. R . . '. 

Rummel, R 

Sherman W 

Sell, Louis D 14 75 

*Stoneberger. George W 

*Sweet. Andrew A 

*Tomlinson. Charles L 

*Troxell. Aaron 

Wallace. W. S 

♦Ward, William 

Weber. Andrew J 1 152 

Wilson. Hall 8 188 



66 Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



\t jSfctoarfcs Monnmmt. 




RECTED to the memory of Governor Ninian 
Edwards, the first and only Territorial Governor 
of Illinois, from 1 809 to 18 18, at which time it was ad- 
mitted into the Union as a State, this Monument is one 
of those which serve to distinguish Oak Ridge, as the 
burial place of eminent and illustrious citizens. A 
native of Maryland, he emigrated in early life to Ken- 
tucky, where by his great natural abilities and liberal edu- 
cation, he soon distinguished himself as one of the most 
eminent jurists of his day. Resigning his position as 
Chief Justice of Kentucky, he entered upon the duties 
of the governorship of the new territory, to which he 
was appointed by President Madison, and at once iden- 
tified himself with its people, in the promotion of its 
rapid development to the dignity of a sovereign State 
of the Union. It was truly said of him by his distin- 
guished cotemporary, Rev. John M. Peck, in his funeral 
discourse, that "Governor Edwards was justly entitled 
to the appellation of Father of Illinois." 

The Indians, who under his firm administration were 
soon brought under control, gave him the name of, The 




The Edwards Monument. 



The Edwards Monument. 6j 



Kaskaskia Chief. As Senator in Congress, to which 
position he was chosen upon the admission of Illinois 
into the Union, he took rank among the foremost, and 
afterwards as Governor of the State, he added to his 
previous distinguished services the record of an admin- 
istration which forms one of the most important chap- 
ters of its history. 

Dying in Belleville, the place of his residence in the 
later years of his life, his remains were at first interred 
there, and subsequently removed to Hutchinson's 
Cemetery. On the 30th of October, 1866, they were 
removed to Oak Ridge, where his Monument now 
stands. It is located upon Block 10, in one of the most 
beautiful quarters of the grounds, near the western 
boundary. As shown in the engraving, it consists of 
a plain obelisk and plinth of Italian marble, supported 
by a limestone base, four feet square. The height of 
the structure is fourteen feet. 

The following is the inscription upon the Monument : 

NINIAN EDWARDS, 

Chief Justice of Kentucky 1808. 

Governor Illinois Territory 

1801) to ISIS. 

U. S. Senator 1818 to 1824. 

Governor State Illinois 
1826 to 1830. 

Died 

July 20. 1833, 

In the 59th year of 

His age. 



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Oak Ridge Cemetery 



Iribat* mQnnmmts. 




McCLERNAND MONUMENT. 

HIS is the family Monument of Gen. John A. 
McClernand. Its location upon Linden Ave- 
nue, near the center of the cemetery, upon a beautifully 
rising headland, which overlooks the valley to the south- 
ward, and commands a fine view of Lincoln Monument, 
is one of the most charming in Oak Ridge. The monu- 
ment is, as will be seen by the engraving, at once chaste 
and beautiful in design. Wrought of Italian marble, its 
graceful proportions, and beautiful inscriptions tell of the 
Christian worth and garnered memories of Mrs. Sarah 
F. McClernand, who died in 1861. The lot upon which 
it stands was the first lot sold in the cemetery, and the 
monument one of the first erected. 



RUTH MONUMENT. 

Of Italian marble, seventeen feet high, this Monu- 
ment erected in 1873, is from its elegant design, one 
among the best in the cemetery. 




The McClernand Monument. 



Private Monuments. 69 



THE GIBSON MONUMENT. 

This unique and beautiful Monument, erected to 
the memory of Dr. J. H. Gibson, a former promi- 
nent and highly respected citizen of Berlin, is as will 
be seen from the engraving, a work of art worthy of 
more than passing notice. It was executed by L. M. 
Fisk, Esq., of Saint Louis, Mo., and was erected in 
1875. It stands ten and a half feet high, and with the 

simple inscription, 

Dr. J. H. Gibson, 

Born September 9. 1809. 
Died November 22. 1873. 

"He is not dead, but sleepeth" 
is a beautiful memorial of a worthy and honored citizen. 



THE KUN MONUMENT. 

Was erected in 1865, to the memory of Andreas 
Kun, one of the most prominent German citizens 
of Springfield. It is of Italian marble, fourteen feet 
in height, standing upon a sandstone base, and as 
seen in the engraving, is a most elaborately finished 
shaft, surmounted by a beautiful cross, intertwined with 
ivy. It stands upon Block 8, and never fails to attract 
the attention of visitors. 



W. ILES MONUMENT. 
The family Monument of Washington lies, Esq. , sit- 
uated on Block 10, is of beautiful red Scotch granite, 15 
feet in height, upon Missouri granite base. It is one 
of the noticeable ornaments of the cemetery. 



jo Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



WOHLGEMUTH MONUMENT. 

This is one of the most elaborate and beautiful Mon- 
uments yet erected within the cemetery grounds. It 
was designed by Dr. H. Wohlgemuth, and erected in 
1873, to the memory of his daughter, Marietta, who 
died at the age of 22 years, in 1872. It was executed 
by G. Leslie Jamieson, of Aberdeen, Scotland, and the 
statue of Hope, in Carara marble, by which it is sur- 
mounted, was executed in Italy. The engraving gives 
an excellent view from the western perspective. The 
base is of red Missouri granite, the second base of gray 
Scotch, and the plinth and column of red Scotch granite, 
Its cost was $2,150. The total height is twenty-one 
feet ten inches, and standing upon a beautiful elevation, 
near the center of the grounds, it is a most beautiful 
and appropriate memorial. 



HABROWEB MONUMENT. 

This was the first Scotch granite Monument put up 
in Oak Ridge. Erected to the memory of William Har- 
rower, Esq. , an old and respected citizen of Springfield, 
it is the fitting memorial of one of the sons of Scotia. 
The Scotch thistle, shown upon its western side, is the 
emblem of the nationality, both of the man and the 
monument. For beauty of design and execution it 
ranks among the finest in the cemetery. 




Wohlgemuth Monument. 



Private Monuments. 7 1 



COL WELL MONUMENT. 

This is of Italian marble, twenty-two feet in height. 
It was erected in 1878, by B. F. Colwell, Esq., of 
Chatham, as a family Monument. It is most desirably 
located, and as one of the largest private monuments in 
the cemetery, as well as by its elegant design and splen- 
did workmanship, it attracts the attention of every 
visitor. It is near West-Branch Avenue. 



PASFIELD MONUMENT. 
This unique Monument, of gray Scotch granite, erec- 
ted to the memory of George Pasfield, Sen. , by his son, 
is at once elegant and substantial, the fitting memorial 
of one of Springfield's former most substantial and hon- 
ored citizens. It stands on Block 10, and will be no- 
ticed by every visitor. 



RIB GELT MONUMENT. 
This family Monument of N. H. Ridgely, Esq., is the 
largest and most expensive within the cemetery grounds. 
It is of red Scotch granite, twenty-two feet in height, 
standing upon a base five feet square. It was erected 
in 1874, at a cost of 82.500. 

ILES MONUMENT, 
The family Monument of Elijah lies. Esq.. situated 
on Block 7, is of Italian marble. 16 feet high. It was 
erected in 1875. and will be remembered as the monu- 
ment of a most liberal donor to the cemetery. 



j2 Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



SMITH MONUMENT. 

This is the family Monument of J. Taylor Smith, Esq. 
It is located on Linden Avenue. Constructed of Italian 
marble it stands sixteen and a half feet high, upon a 
square base, with plinth and plain square shaft. It is 
at once elegant and substantial, such as becomes any 
fitting memorial of the dead. 



THE FLAOO MONUMENT. 

This family Monument of Cornelius Flagg, Esq. , of 
Sherman, situated on Block 8, is a beautiful red Scotch 
granite, round column with square plinth. It is sur- 
mounted by an urn, or vase of exquisite model, and 
is altogether a most beautiful ornament to the cemetery. 
It is sixteen feet in height, and ranks amongst the finest 
vet erected. 



THE HAYNIE MONUMENT. 

This beautiful and elaborate Monument, of Italian 
marble, was erected to the memory of Gen. Isham N. 
Haynie, Adjutant General of Illinois, in 1869. ^ 
stand's near the Tour, on the western side of the ceme- 
tery, upon Block 10, where alike from its location and 
attractiveness, it is a conspicuous ornament to the 
grounds. 




Caldwell Monument. 



Private Monuments. 73 



THE BARBELL MONUMENT. 

This Monument erected to the memory of Dr. Henry 
C. Barrell, in 1878, is of gray Canada granite, sixteen 
feet in height. It is, both in design and execution ex- 
celled by no monument in the cemetery. It stands upon 
Block 7, where its beautiful proportions attract the atten- 
tion of all visitors. 



MATHENT MONUMENT. 

This Monument erected by the late C. W. Mathenv, 
Esq., one of Springfield's oldest citizens, stands upon 
Block 10. It is of Italian marble, of most exquisite 
design, a square paneled base, surmounted by a beautiful 
Corinthian column and urn. It attracts the notice of 
every visitor. 



BA TES MONUMENT. 



This Monument was erected in 1874, by Gen. E. N. 
Bates, to the memory of his deceased wife and children. 
It is of red Scotch granite, 18 feet high. Standing upon 
a beautiful lot in Block 10, it is a most conspicuous 



ornament to the grounds. 



Note.— For lack of space further descriptions of private Monu- 
ments which adorn Oak Ridge are omitted. New ones are being- erec- 
ted almost every week, and the grounds thus improved are, both by 
Nature and Art, among the most beautiful of our American Cemeteries. 



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oculg Stfts 



1. The Hebrew Congregation, B'rith Sholom, owns 
a square of 32 Lots in Block 5, containing 5760 square 
feet. This tract is situated upon the western boundary 
of the Cemetery, and is improved with several fine mon- 
uments. 

2. The Masonic Fraternity own four Lots in Block 
8, containing 1632 square feet. 

3. The Sangamo Lodge No. 6, and the Teutonia 
Lode No. 166, I. O. O. F. , jointly own six Lots in 
Block No. 7, containing 10 10 square feet. They are 
devoted to the burial of Odd-Fellows, strangers or 
otherwise, who have no place of burial. 



4. The Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway Com- 
pany owns lots in the Cemetery in which several Engin- 
eers, and other employees of that company died, are 
interred. 



Successive Boards of Managers. 



75 



ncctBmbt lloarbs of Managers* 




URSUANT to the provisions of the Amended 
City Charter of 1859, tne City Council, on the 
9th day of April, i860, appointed the following named 
gentlemen as a Board of Managers of Oak Ridge Ceme- 
tery, for the then ensuing year : 



Turner R. King, President. 
James L. Lamb. 
Gilbert S. Manning. 
Benjamin F. Fox. 
Presco Wright, Secretary. 

The successive Boards since 1861 
tuted as follows : 



have been consti- 



from 1 86 1 to 1863. 
Turner R. King, President. 
James L. Lamb. 
Gilbert S. Manning. 
George L. Huntington. 
Presco Wright, Secretary. 



y6 Oak Ridge Cemetery. 

from 1863 to 1864. 

Turner R. King, President. 

James L. Lamb. 

John T. Stuart. 

Clark M. Smith. 

Presco Wright, Secretary. 

from 1864 to 1866. 

Clark M. Smith, President. 
Charles H. Lanphier. 
Henry Wohlgemuth. 
Obed Lewis. 
Presco Wright, Secretary. 

from 1866 to 1867. 

Henrv Wohlgemuth, President. 

Charles H. Lanphier. 

Clark M. Smith. 

Obed Lewis. 

Presco Wright, Secretary. 

from 1867 to 1870. 

Henry Wohlgemuth, President. 

Clark M. Smith. 

Obed Lewis. 

Presco Wright. 

Alfred North. Secretary. 






Successive Boards of Managers. yy 

from 1870 to 1872. 

Stephen T. Logan, President. 

Henry Wohlgemuth. 

John T. Stuart. 

Obed Lewis. 

Charles H. Lanphier, Secretary. 

FROM 1872 TO 1873. 

Stephen T. Logan, President. 

John T. Stuart. 

Obed Lewis. 

Henry Wohlgemuth. 

E. B. Hawley. 

Harry C. Watson, Secretary. 

FROM 1873 TO 1874. 

Henry Wohlgemuth, President. 
James C. Conkling. 
Charles H. Lanphier. 
Obed Lewis. 
E. B. Hawley. 

Harry C. Watson. Secirtary. 

FROM 1874 TO 1875. 

Henry Wohlgemuth, President. 

Obed Lewis. 

Samuel Haines. 

E. B. Hawley. 

Harry C. Watson. Secretaiy. 



78 Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



from 1875 to 1876. 

E. B. Hawley, President. 
Orlin H. Miner. 
Alexander Starne. 
Nicholas H. Ridgely. 
Harry C. Watson, Secretary. 



from 1876 to 1877. 

E. B. Hawley, President. 
Orlin M. Miner. 
Isaac Keyes. 
Nicholas H. Ridgely. 
Harry C. Watson, Secretary. 

from 1877 to 1878. 

E. B. Hawley, President. 

Orlin H. Miner. 

Isaac Keyes. 

Frank Hudson. 

Harry C. Watson, Secretary. 

from 1878 to 1879. 

Henry Wohlgemuth, President. 
Edwin S. Walker, Vice President. 
Obed Lewis. 
Harry C. Watson. 
George Krodell, Secretary. 



City Charter. 79 



itp Wh^xttx 



FOURTH AMEXDMEXT 



TO THK CITY ( HAKTEK. 



AX ACT to amend the Charter of the CitY of Springfield. ApproYed 
February 18, 1859. 

Section 14. Oak Ridge Cemetery. — Lots number 
five. six. and the south half of lot number four, of the 
subdivision of the east half, of the northeast quarter of* 
section number twenty -one, in township number sixteen north 
of range number five west, of the third principal meridian, 
containing twenty -eight and four-sevenths acres, and pur- 
chased by said city for cemetery purposes, is hereby 
established and set apart for the burial of the dead, and 
shall be known as Oak Ridge Cemetery. 

£ 15. Laying Out, etc. — Selling Lots. — The City 
Council of said city shall cause the grounds of said 
Cemetery, to be subdivided and laid out into such divi- 
sions, blocks, squares or lots, with suitable avenues, 

* The law was amended on the 16th of February, I860, by an act 
reading as follows: "The 14th section of an act to amend the charter 
of the city of Springfield, approved February 18th. 1859. is so 
amended as to read : Section* twenty-one and twenty-two, in township 
sixteen north, of range five (rest of the third principal meridian, or so 
much thereof as may be necessary for burying purposes; also to em- 
power the Board of Managers of Oak Ridge Cemetery to declare 
nuisances \Yithin one-half mile of said Cemetery, and to empower the 
City Council of said city, by ordinance, to impose a fine or penalty on 
those who do not. after notice giYen. remove any declared nuisance 
by said Board of Managers." [See Pifvate Laws of I860.] 



8o Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



walks and alleys, designated or numbered in such man- 
ner as may be deemed expedient, and shall cause a 
correct map or plat thereof to be made out and ac- 
knowledged by the Mayor and City Clerk of said city, 
under the corporate seal thereof, and filed and carefully 
preserved in the office of the City Clerk, and a true copy 
thereof shall be entered and recorded in the records of 
said Cemetery, in his office ; and the entry of the said 
map or plat upon the records of said cemetery, in the 
office of the City Clerk, shall be sufficient without fur- 
ther record thereof; and all sales, conveyances or trans- 
fers of lots in said Cemetery, by reference to said map 
or plat, shall be good and valid. 

§ 1 6. Transferring Lots. — The conveyance or trans- 
fer of lots in said Cemetery from the city to purchasers, 
may be by deed or certificate, in such form as the City 
Council may prescribe, signed by the Mayor and City 
Clerk, under the corporate seal without acknowledg- 
ment ; and such deed or certificate shall vest the title to 
the lots so conveyed or transferred in the purchaser, his 
heirs and assigns, in fee simple, for burial purposes 
only, subject to such reasonable conditions, rules and 
regulations as the City Council of said city may pre- 
scribe. The conveyance and transfer of lots in said 
Cemetery from one purchaser to another, may be by 
surrender of the original deed or certificate to the City 
Clerk, and the City Clerk, upon such surrender being 
made, shall make out and execute a new deed or certifi- 
cate to the assignee, and such deed or certificate shall 
vest the title of the lot so conveyed or transferred in 
the grantee, in the same manner as the same was vested 
in the original purchaser. But the City Council may, in 
its discretion, prescribe the manner and form of convey- 
ing and transferring lots in said Cemetery. 

§ 17. Cemetery Record. — The City Clerk shall keep 
a Cemetery record, in such manner as the City Council 
may prescribe, in which he shall enter an abstract of all 
sales of lots in the Cemetery, specifying the number of 
the lot sold or transferred, the name of the purchaser or 
assignee, the amount paid, and the date of the deed or 
certificate of sale, or transfer. 



City Charter. 8i 



§ i 8. Lots — How held — Used only, etc. — Sexton. — 
No lot in said Cemetery shall be sold, conveyed or 
transferred, to be owned in severalty by two or more 
persons ; but any lot may be owned by two or more 
persons as tenants in common. And neither the city 
nor owners of lots in said Cemetery, shall convey, 
transfer, appropriate or use any lot, or other part of said 
Cemetery grounds, for other than cemetery and burial 
purposes, except that a portion of said grounds, not ex- 
ceeding three acres, may be appropriated for the use of 
the City Sexton, residing at the Cemetery. 

§ 19. No Road over Cemeteiy. — No public road or 
highway shall be located, or laid out, through, over or 
upon said Cemetery grounds, nor shall any part of said 
grounds be taken or condemned for any public use or 
purpose whatever, other than cemetery or burial pur- 
poses 

§ 20. Cemetery Records. — The records of the said 
Cemetery, kept in the office of the City Clerk, shall be 
evidence of the facts therein stated, in all courts, and 
places. 

§ 21. Additional Rules, etc. — The City Council may, 
by ordinance, prescribe such additional rules and regu- 
lations concerning said Cemetery as may be deemed 
expedient. 



REVISED ORDINANCES. 

CHAPTER VII. 

AN ORDINANCE in relation to Cemeteries. 

Section i . Injury to Property of Cemetery. Whoever 
shall carry away or remove, or shall wilfully, maliciously 
or negligently break, deface, destroy, or otherwise in- 
jure any monument, tombstone, tree, shrub, railing, 
fence, or any other property, article, or thing belonging 
to Oak Ridge Cemetery, or to any cemetery or burying- 
ground within the city, or placed or erected therein for 
ornament or otherwise ; or shall pick any flower therein, 



82 Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



or shall trespass upon or maltreat any grave therein, 
shall be subject to a penalty of not less than ten dollars, 
and in addition thereto the expenses which may be in- 
curred in repairing the injuries committed, shall be 
added to the penalty, and included in the judgment. 

§ 2. Neiv Cemeteries Forbidden. No cemetery or 

burying-ground shall hereafter be established within the 
city, or within two miles thereof ; nor shall any cemetery 
or burying-ground already established within the city, be 
enlarged, under a penalty of not less than ten dollars for 
each body which may be intered in such cemetery or 
burying-ground. or extension thereof. 

§ 3. Penalty for Trespass in, etc. Whoever shall 
hunt, discharge fire-arms, set off or explode fire-works, 
or otherwise trespass upon any cemetery grounds under 
the jurisdiction of the City Council, shall be subject to 
a penalty of not less than twenty five dollars. 

§ 4. No Interment in Hutchinson s Cemetery. , It shall 
be unlawful for any person to make any interment, or 
bury any dead body in Hutchinson's Cemetery, and any 
person who shall bury, or attempt to bury the remains 
of any person in said cemetery, shall be fined for each 
offense, not less than one hundred dollars. 

^ 5. Oak Ridge Managers to have control. The 
Board of Managers of Oak Ridge Cemetery shall have 
possession and full control of Hutchinson's Cemetery, 
and shall report to the City Council its condition from 
time to time, and any violation of the city ordinance in 
relation thereto. Provided, That no sale shall be made 
of any portion of the ground thereof. 

§ 6. Persons having control of any Cemetery to make 
Report. Every person, corporation, or association who 
shall have the charge or control of any cemetery now 
in existence, or that may be hereafter established within 
the jurisdiction of the city of Springfield, shall once in 
each month, make out and furnish to the City Clerk, a 
report showing the number of interments, the cause and 
manner of deaths, and such other statistics as are now 
required under the ordinance in relation to Oak Ridge 
Cemetery; and any person neglecting or refusing to 
comply with this section, shall be fined not less than ten 
dollars. And all cemeteries now established, or that 



Revised Ordinances. 83 



may be hereafter established, shall be subject to all 
ordinances and regulations in relation to cemeteries, 
now in force, or hereafter passed by the City Council. 

Passed July 9, 1877. 



REVISED ORDINANCES. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 
AX ORDINANCE in relation to Oak Ridpe Cemetery. 

Section i. Boundaries and Limits. Lot numbered 
five, containing eleven and three-sevenths acres, lot num- 
bered six. containing eleven and three-sevenths acres, 
and the south half of lot numbered four, containing 
five and five-sevenths acres of the sub-division of the 
east half of the northeast quarter of section number 
twenty-one. and containing in all twenty-eight and four- 
sevenths acres ; also a tract of land formerly owned by 
John E. Trotter, being twenty-seven acres and fifty- 
seven hundredths of an acre, of the northeast quarter of 
of the southeast quarter of the same section, all being 
in township sixteen north, range five west, of the third 
principal meridian, in Sangamon county, shall be, and 
is hereby forever set apart for and dedicated to the 
burial of the dead, and shall be known as Oak Ridge 
Cemetery. 

§ 2. Plat. The plat thereof heretofore made, sub- 
dividing the cemetery grounds into such divisions, 
blocks, squares and lots, designated and numbered, 
having been approved by the City Council, and recorded 
in the Recorder's office of Sangamon county, in Book 

— page . is hereby declared to be the lawful plat of 

Oak Ridge Cemetery, and the same shall not be changed 
except by order of the City. Council. 

£ 3. Board of Managers — Manner of appointing. 
The Mayor shall annually appoint, by and with the con- 
sent of a majority of the members elected to the City 
Council, five persons who are lot owners in said ceme- 
terv. and are citizens and le^al voters of this city, who 



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shall be called "The Board of Managers of Oak Ridge 
Cemetery," and shall hold their positions for one year, 
and until their successors are duly appointed. 

§ 4. Meeting of Board — Manner of doing business. 
The members of the Board of Managers, before enter- 
ing upon the discharge of their duties, shall take and 
subscribe before some officer authorized to administer 
the same, an oath that they will faithfully execute and 
discharge the duties required of them, and shall file 
such oath, duly certified by the officer before whom the 
same was taken, with the City Clerk. A majority of 
the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for 
the transaction of business, and they may hold general 
or special meetings at the office of the City Clerk., at- 
such times as they may by order direct ; and they may 
make and establish such reasonable by-laws, rules and 
regulations, as may be necessary and proper for their 
own government, and for the full and complete execu- 
tion of their powers and duties. The Board of Mana- 
gers may appoint one of their number Chairman, and 
another Secretary of the Board, and such Secretary shall 
keep a faithful record of the proceedings of the Board, 
in a suitable book, to be provided by the city for that 
purpose, and he shall carefully file and preserve all 
papers, vouchers, and records pertaining to the transac- 
tions of the Board. 

§ 5. Board to have control of Cemetery. The Board 
of Managers shall have the control, superintendence 
and charge of said cemetery and its appurtenances, and 
shall' supervise and direct the ornamenting, adorning, 
embellishing, laying out and improving the grounds of 
said cemetery, and the avenues, walks and squares 
therein, and may cause to be erected or provided all 
such buildings, vaults, or other fixtures, as may be ne- 
cessary and proper for the convenient use of said ceme- 
tery, and for that purpose may employ such laborers or 
workmen, and purchase or contract for such materials 
as they may deem necessary. But no member of the 
Board shall be a contractor for, or interested in any 
contract for work upon said cemetery, or in the furnish- 
ing of labor or materials for said cemetery. 



Revised Ordinances. 85 



§ 6. Appraisal of Lots. The Board of Managers 
shall appraise the squares or lots which may remain un- 
sold in said cemetery, and shall, from time to time, 
when deemed expedient, re-appraise such squares or 
lots as may remain unsold. No square shall be ap- 
praised by them at less than ten dollars, or half squares 
at less than six dollars. They shall cause a list of the 
squares and lots appraised by them, with the amount at 
which the lot or square is appraised, set opposite thereto 
be filed with the City Clerk, and no square, half square, 
or lot. shall be sold for less than the appraisal affixed 
thereon by the Board of Managers. When two or 
more persons apply at the same time for the same 
square, or half square, the same shall be put up by 
the City Clerk and sold to the highest bidder. 

§ 7, Manner of expending Receipts. All receipts 
on account of said cemetery, whether arising from the 
sale of lots therein, from donations, or from appropria- 
tions from the city treasury, or otherwise, shall be ex- 
clusively expended and applied under the direction and 
control of the Board of Managers, in preserving, pro- 
tecting, ornamenting, improving and laying out the 
grounds of said cemetery, and the avenues, walks and 
public squares therein. But the Board of Managers 
shall not expend the moneys belonging to the cemetery 
fund, in advance of the receipts thereof, nor incur any 
debts on account of said cemetery, without the prior 
consent of the City Council. 

§ 8. Duty of Clerk to keep Plat, and Appraisals. 
The City Clerk shall keep a plat of the cemetery grounds, 
and also a record in numerical order of the blocks or 
squares in each division, with separate columns ruled 
therein for the entry of the amount of appraisal, the 
name of the purchaser, the amount sold for, and the 
date of sale ; an additional column shall also be ruled 
for the entry of any re-aopraisal which may be made. 
When any block or square, or part thereof, shall be sold, 
the Clerk mall make an entry of the name of the pur- 
chaser, the amount sold for, and the date of sale, oppo- 
site the number of the square on the record, and shall 
also designate the square or part thereof sold by color- 
ing the same on the plat. 



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Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



AN ORDINANCE 

Amendatory of Chapter 31, Section 9, Revised Ordinances 1877, being 
An Ordinance in relation to Oak Ridge Cemetery. 

Passed March 9, 1879. 

Section i . Be it ordained by the City Co?mcil of tlu 
City of Springfield, That all applications for purchasing 
cemetery lots or squares, shall be made to the City 
Clerk, who shall give to the person applying an order 
on the City Treasurer to receive the amount for which 
the square or part of square may be appraised, and 
upon payment being made, the Treasurer shall give his 
receipt for the amount paid, and upon filing the Treas- 
urer's receipt with the Clerk, he shall deliver to the 
purchaser a deed for the square, part of square, or lot 
sold, signed by the Mayor, and countersigned by him, 
under the corporate seal. 

§ 2. The Clerk, and Treasurer, shall each keep a 
cemetery account, in which all moneys received shall be 
charged, and they shall report at the regular meetings 
of the Council a statement, in brief, of receipts arid 
payments. 

§ 3. The deed shall be in the following form, viz : 

OAK RIDGE CEMETERY DEED. 



The City of Springfield, in consideration of dol- 
lars paid by , in conformity with the provis- 
ions of the Ordinances of the City, establishing Oak 
Ridgre Cemetery, herebv sells and conveys unto the said 

-, in divis- 



of square numbered 
in Oak Ridge Cemetery, as platted 



the - 

ion numbered — 
and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of 
Sangamon County, Illinois, and in the office of the City 
Clerk of said City. 

To have and to hold the same, with its appurtenances, 

unto the said . heirs and assigns, forever, 

for a place of burial, and for no other use or purpose 
whatever. Conditioned, nevertheless, that no transfer 
or assignment of any square or lot, or any interest there- 
in, shall be valid until approved by the Board of Mana- 
gers of Oak Ridge Cemetery, and subject also to such 
general rules and regulations as the City Council of said 



Revised Ordinances. 87 



city, and the Board of Managers of said cemetery may 
from time to time establish ; and the city of Springfield 

hereby covenants with the said . heirs 

and assigns, that Oak Ridge Cemetery, as platted and 
recorded as aforesaid, shall be forever kept and pre- 
served as a place of burial for the dead of said city. 

In testimony whereof, I, , Mayor of said 

city of Springfield, have hereunto set my hand, and 
caused the corporate seal of said city to be affixed, this 

day of . A. D. 18 . 

, Mayor. 

Countersigned : 

, City Clerk. 

Chapter xxxi — Continued. 

§ 10. Setting apart of Grounds — Improvements — Mon- 
uments, etc. — The Board of Managers shall set apart a 
portion of the Cemetery grounds for the burial of the 
poor, another portion for the burial of strangers, or per- 
sons not belonging to the city, another portion for the bur- 
ial of inhabitants of the city not having private lots, and 
another portion for the burial of colored persons. They 
may regulate and prescribe the manner of enclosing, 
adorning and improving the private lots in said Ceme- 
tery, and the erection oi monuments, tombstones or 
other fixtures thereon, and shall prevent and prohibit 
any division, improvement, adornment or other use of 
any lot or other part of the Cemetery, or the erection or 
placing of any monument, tombstone, or other fixture 
therein, which they may deem unsightly and improper ; 
and they may direct and cause the removal of all such 
unsightly and improper improvements, adornments, en- 
closures, monuments, tombstones, and other fixtures. 
And no avenue, walk or alley in said Cemetery shall be 
obstructed or closed up, except that the owner of any 
square in said Cemetery may enclose the alley of such 
square. 

§ II. Sexton — his Duties. — The Board shall annu- 
ally appoint a Sexton, who shall have charge of the 
Cemetery, and shall keep and preserve the grounds, 
buildings and fences in good order and repair, and the 
monuments, tombstones, shrubbery, and every other 



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Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



thing erected or placed within the Cemetery for orna- 
ment or otherwise, free from injury or defacement, and 
the walks and avenues clear, in good condition, and free 
from obstruction ; he shall enforce the ordinances of the 
city in relation to the Cemetery, and report all violations 
thereof to the Mayor,, or any police officer, for prose 
cution, or prosecute the offender before any Police 
Magistrate or other competent court; he shall have 
power to arrest, and shall arrest without warrant, all 
persons who shall hunt, discharge firearms, or otherwise 
trespass upon the Cemetery grounds. He shall be sub- 
ject to the orders and directions of the Board of Mana 
gers in making improvements in said Cemetery, and he 
shall, when required by them, supervise the workmen or 
laborers employed, and the improvements ordered by 
the Board. He shall give a bond in the sum of one 
thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful perform- 
ance of the duties of his office, which bond shail be 
signed by two responsible freeholders of the city, to be 
aoproved by the Council, and shall be filed with the Citv 
Clerk. 

§ 12. To keep Plat, and Appraisals. — The Sexton' 
shall obtain from the City Clerk a plat of the Cemetery, 
and a numerical list of all the blocks or squares, with 
the lots numbered thereon ; the name of the owner shall 
be marked opposite each block or square, or part of 
square sold. The Sexton shall each month, when 
making his monthly return, obtain from the City Clerk 
a list of the squares or parts of squares sold since his 
last return, and shall enter the name of the owner oppo- 
site to the proper number of the square or part of 
square on his list. 

§ 13. Manner of making Interments. — Any person 
desiring to make any interment in the Cemetery, shall 
apply to the City Clerk therefor, and upon payment of 
the Sexton's fee. and the sum charged, the Clerk shall 
deliver to the applicant a certificate to the Sexton, stat- 
ing the name of the deceased, and the number of the 
lot in which he or she is to be interred, and shall make 
an entry in a suitable book of the name of the deceased, 
the date of his or her death, the lot in which he or she 
was interred, the disease, cause or manner of death, the 



Revised Ordinances. 89 



sex and color, and when practicable and can be obtain- 
ed, of the age. occupation, birth place and residence 
of the deceased. If the deceased be a pauper, or a 
stranger without means, and there be no person charge- 
able with his interment, or liable therefor, the Clerk's 
certificate shall state the fact. 

§ 14. Duty of Sexton in regard to Interments — The 
Sexton, upon the receipt of the certificate, and making 
any interments, shall enter the name of the deceased, 
with the date of interment, and the number of the lot 
in which interred, in his record of interments, and he 
shall make no interment without the delivery of the cer- 
tificate of the Clerk to him, nor in any other lot than is 
named therein, under a penalty of five dollars ; and he 
shall, on the first Monday of each month, return to the 
City Clerk all the certificates issued and received by him 
during the preceding month, and they shall be filed and 
preserved by the Clerk in his office, and the Clerk and 
Sexton shall examine such certificates, and compare 
them with the entries on their books, and see that they 
correspond therewith. 

§ 15. Residence of Sexton — Other Duties. — The Sex- 
ton shall, if required by the Board, reside in the build- 
ing erected upon the cemetery grounds for a Sexton's 
house, and shall be in readiness at all seasonable 
times, by himself or some competent assistant, to per- 
form all the duties required of him. He shall dig, or 
cause to be dug, all graves, attend to the interment of 
all dead bodies therein, and fill up, trim, and keep and 
preserve the graves in good order. Each grave for a 
full-grown body shall not be less than five and one-half 
feet in depth, and for any other body not less than five 
feet. If he shall willfully neglect, or refuse to perform 
any duty required of him, or shall maltreat any dead 
body, or any grave, he shall be subject to a penalty o( 
not less than ten dollars, and may be removed from office. 
§ 16. Duty to Successor. — The Sexton, upon the ap- 
pointment of his successor in office, shall deliver to him 
all records, books, maps, and other property pertaining 
to his office, and upon wilful neglect or refusal so to do 
when required, shall be subject to a penalty of not less 
than fiftv dollars. 



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Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



§ 17. Record of all interments to be kept. — The Sex- 
ton, or person in charge of each cemetery, or burying 
ground in the city, or within two miles thereof, shall 
make an entry in an appropriate book, of the name, 
sex and color, of each body interred in such cemetery or 
burying ground, with the date of the death, the disease, 
cause or manner of death, and when practicable and can 
be ascertained, of the age, occupation, birth place and 
residence of the deceased, and shall, on the first Mon- 
day of each month, make a full report thereof to the 
City Clerk, which book shall be subject to the examina- 
tion of any and all persons interested therein, at all 
proper times ; and for each failure or neglect so to do, 
he shall be subject to a penalty of not less than ten dol- 
lars. 

§ 18. All fines or damages assessed or collected for 
a violation of any of the provisions of chapter seven of 
the Revised Ordinances, concerning Oak Ridge Ceme- 
tery, shall be paid by the officers imposing and collect- 
ing such fines and damages, to the City Comptroller, 
and he shall pay the same to the Board of Managers of 
Oak Ridge Cemetery, to be applied to the sole use, 
benefit and improvement of said Cemetery. 

Passed August 14, 1877. 



Note 1. — Chapter XXXI., Revised Ordinances of August 14, 1877, 
is the same as Chapter XXXI., Revised Ordinances of July 31, 1865. 



Note 2.— Removals to Oak Ridge Cemetery from the old City 
Grave Yard, and from Hutchinson's Cemetery, since 1865, up to — 



FeVy 1 
Feb'y 1 
Feb'y 1 
March 1 
March 1 
March 1 
March 1 
March 1 
March 1 
March 1 
March 1 
March 1 
March 1 
March 1 



1866. 
1867. 
1868. 
1869. 
1870. 
1871. 
1872. 
1873. 
1874. 
1875. 
1876. 
1877. 
1878. 
1879. 



67 

96 
49 



85 
40 
37 
64 
44 
37 
3 
17 
20 



Total 652 



List of Lot Owners. 



9* 



ist of %ot jftoiurs. 



NAMK. BLOCK 

Abel, Charles L 7 

Abel, R, P 14 

Ackerman,P 8 

Ackard.B. W 12 

Adams, Mrs. R. K 9 

Adams, J. H 13 

Adams, W. B 8 

Affonso, M 14 

Alexander, William.. U 

Allman, John 9 

Allen, A. J 10 

Allen, L. C 10 

Allen, Joab 9 

Allen, W. J 12 

Allen. Rout C 1 

Alden. H. X 10 

Alvev. J. W 7 

Amos, J. M. & Son.... 13 

Amos. J. F 7 

Ambrose, D. L 7 

Anderson, Mrs Mary . . 12 
Andrews, Susan C — 8 

Andrews, Robert 12 

Armstrong, John... 14 

Armbruster, A 9 

Arnold, Charles 8 

Arnold, Joseph W 14 

Avery, Joseph 13 

Averitt, T. M l 

Averitt, T. A 1 

Avers. G rover 14 

B 

Bark ley, J. H 10 

Barclay, Jas. H 9 

Barrett, James W — 10 

Barrell, Annie D 7 

Barrett. J. A 10 

Barrows, Henry 10 

Babcock, A. J." 9 

Bates, E.N lo 

Bates, Z. F 12 

Barnnm. M. L 10 

Babeanf, Mrs. M 1 

Bauer, F fi 



wy, 


45 




29 




65 




27 




si 


NV, 


8 


Ntt 


48 


KV, 


75 




47 




147 


136 


137 


154 155 




89 




14 




C>H 


L36 


137 




210 




91 




52 




39 




73 




34 




60 


K 1 * 


..> 




29 




17 




45 




30 




10 




25 



EH 


218 




127 


Si, 


246 




90 


u% 


246 




234 




143 


82 


83 




113 




214 




20 




32 



NAMK. BLOCK 

Bandel, G A 

Bassett, 6 

Baker, E. L 10 

Bateman, Newton — ;i 

Ballon, C A it 

Bauman. Ceo 14 

Babeauf. Julius 9 

Barnes. Airs. Sarah.. . 7 

Ba«*on, Caroline E. .. 10 

Barton, P. G 7 

Barrett, W. T 1 

Bauman, N 14 

Baum, Joseph 7 

Barnes, Ezra 7 

Ball, E. F 5 

Beckemeyer, Win — 12 

Bennett, "W. A s 

Bennett, T. L 14 

Bengali, Geo 9 

Beall.W. R 10 

Bell, A. L 9 

Beiriman, Peter s 

Behr, John 1 

Bennett, Win. E. S. 

and Joseph 11 

Bennett, Mrs. E 7 

Bennett, Perry .... 8 

Beam, Jacob.'. 1 

Beam, John 11 

Beam, W. C 11 

Beam, James U 

Beam, Amanda E ... 8 

Bellmhv, M. C 12 

Belmont, M 9 

Beach, R. H u 

Benner, H. F 9 

Bergen. John G 7 

Berger, Henry 6 

Bergman. John 1 

Biekes, William F .. A 

Billington. Mrs. A. M. 9 

Billingtim, Thos 9 

Bishop. William 13 

Bittinger, Mrs. L. A 12 

Black. Geo. N 7 

Blood, L. S 12 

Bloomer. John G 9 





12 




is 




107 


131 


132 




36 


Stf 


47 




it; 




i.», 




227 




251 




141 


SK 


47 




221 




93 




15 




116 




80 




61 




112 




214 


V" 


55 




144 




144 


EH 


262 


m 


21 




149 


4A 


45 


44 


15 


44 


45 


KV, 


126 




71 




137 




7f> 




23 


136 


137 




19 




143 


85 


86 




120 




120 




21 




67 




180 




62 




106 



92 



Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



NAME. BLOCK 

Boggs, Joseph 9 

Bofies, H. 7 

Booth, Albert 14 

Booth, A. S 14 

Booth. William 8 

Bovd, Joseph 7 

Boone, T. P 1 

Boehner, L 9 

Boehner, M A 

Bocholm, C l 

Board man, L. M 8 

Bowen, E. B 9 

Bressmer, John 10 

Brinkerhoii. Geo. M.. to 

Brotherton, John 7 

Branch, Lucy C est... 1 

Bradley, L. H 9 

Browning, O. W 12 

Brewer, John M 9 

Brewer, J H 11 

Brewer, M. T 9 

Brewer, Elizabeth 12 

Bray man, Mason... . 10 

Braim, John 6 

Brand, Mrs. A A 

Brandon, George l 

Brantner, John D — A 

Bradish, C. E 10 

Bridger. Joseph 8 

Broadwell, N. M...... 10 

Broad well, Josiah — 1 

Broad well, D. P 13 

Brooks, A. M 11 

Brooks, J. W 9 

Brooks, J. E .. 7 

Brown, Conrad 12 

Brown, James 8 

Brown, J. H 11 

Brown, D. A.... 11 

Brown, Dwight 7 

Brown, C. C — 

Brown, J. D 7 

Brown, Julia A 9 

Brown, J. M A 

Brown, Thos. P 1 

Buchanan, R 14 

Bussing, J. H A 

Burkhardt,MarvE.... 7 

Burkhardt, G.' 11 

Burch, R. F 12 

Bunn, Jacob 10 

Butler. Edward 9 

Burke, John L 6 

Burrill, John F 10 

Butler, William 7 

Buck, H, B 12 

Buck, J. R 12 

B usher, John 12 

Busher, Elizabeth — 14 

Button. F 1 

Burnett, Mrs. E 7 

Burnett, John M 10 

Bugg, Henry 1 

Byers, Elizabeth l 

C 

Caldwell, B. F 10 

Camp, Mrs. Lucy 1 

Camp, Miss a. J 1 



LOT. 




72 


wv, 


89 




26 




82 




143 




93 




61 




152 




78 




112 




78 




10 




41 


91 


92 




96 




27 


sy* 


48 


49 


50 




118 




109 




23 


wy, 


107 


225 


233 




36 




110 




32 




115 


WH 


313 




5 


13 


14 




18 




14 




18 




24 




126 




110 




77 


106 


121 


105 


120 




187 




113 




53 




95 




61 




51 




1 




63 




20 


m 


83 


17 18 19 20 


22 N% 21 




83 




30 




337 


113 


114 


115 


116 


E% 


31 




111 




18 


NH 


52 




60 


BH 


262 




247 




58 




103 


104 


119 ! 




41 1 




42 ' 



NAME. BLOCK 


LOT. 


Campbell, John R — 


A 


93 


Campbell, Nelson... . 


1 


141 


Campbell, Mrs. R, F... 


7 


Wy 2 261 


Campbell, T. H 


10 


26 


Carothers, G 


12 


109 


Cameron, John W 


13 


35 


Campbell, Antrim . . . 


8 


69 


Cackley, R. G. 


13 


34 


Chatterton, Geo. W.. 


10 


168 169 170 
181 182 183 


' Chenerv, J. W. & W. D. 






14 


9 14 


Chaffee, R. S 


13 


42 


Chapin, Merrick 


7 


12 


Chestnut, John A 


10 


84 85 
99 100 


Churchill, Russell ... 


11 


181 


Clarke, Mai or 


5 


7 


Claybourn, W. F 


9 


S% 50 


Clark, Oramel ." 


14 


59 


Clark, W. I 


14 


60 


Clarke. Samuel 


10 


214 215 


Clarke, Mrs. E. L 


13 


NH 4 


Clinton, Francis 


14 




Coats, R. J 


12 


E«/ 2 74 


Collier, Alexander 


9 


1 


Collier, N.B 


13 


Ey 2 16 


Col well, David 


1 


51 


Constant, Miss M 


7 


Ey 2 34 


Constant, Elizabeth . . 


9 


35 


Con ant, Sullivan 


14 


68 


Conant, P. H 


11 


116 


Connelly, John. 


7 


SYa 49 
EH 72 


Connelly, Mrs. Ann. . . 


7 


NX 49 


Congdon, Isaac H 


14 


3 


Conkling, James C . . 


7 


184 

wy 2 185 


Conkling, Wm . J 


7 


186 
E% 185 


Condell, John S 


7 


46 47 
69 70 


Condell, Thomas 


10 


101 102 
116 117 


Council, David S 


14 


67 


Converse, H. W. &A. 


14 


70 85 


Conner, T. L . 


12 


Ey 2 22 


Cone, H. P 


14 


6 


Cooper, Bobert 


5 


Si/ 2 24 


Cook, H. F 


14 


94 


Coon, R 


11 


92 93 


Crane, J. L 


12 


78 


Grafton, Wiley 


10 


196 197 
205 206 




14 


E% 54 
25 


Crary, John M 


14 


Crissey, Stephen 

Crissey, W. H 


A 


73 


9 


132 


Craig, J no. W 


9 


8 


Crowder, John F 


12 


53 


Crowder. Washington 


12 


46 


Crockett, C 


9 


.32 


Culver, S. M 


12 


41 


Cullom, H. C 


12 


17 


Cutwright, J. M 


9 


149 


Curry, Wm. S 


8 


19 


Curry, Olive C 


7 


87 


Currier, John H 


8 


8 


Cushing, A. D 


9 


9 


Cummings. Chas. E.... 


9 


29 


Cummings,Chas.E., Jr 


9 


71 


Cunningham, A. J... 


9 


49 


Cunningham, 1). N. .. 


9 


54 



List of Lot Owners. 



93 



BLOCK. 



Davis, A. F 13 WH 6 

Davis, Maria 10 195 

Davis, W. T 9 52 

Davis. Lewis 5 14 

Davis, W. H 9 XV, 59 

Dav, David 6 16 

Davidson. Mrs. A. C 12 W»4 76 

Dallman, Clias 11 46 

Dalby, Joel 11 100 

Dehr, Fred A 74 

DeGovia, A e 13 S^ 9 

DeCrastos, Jos 9 43 

DeCamp, John F i 8 

Dewitt, Mrs. Jane.... 9 V/i 46 

Deitz, David 8 65 

Deny. John D 9 67 

Dillraan, John 12 E4 92 

Dilger.H 9 x: 

Diller, R. W 14 7 

Dillard, W. R 1 1 

Dickerman, H. S 10 103 

Dingle. Phillip 9 131 

Divelbiss, Jacob 8 W, 189 

Dockson.T. F 11 50 

Dorwin. P. A 8 24 

Dorr, Jane 9 82 

Dowe, O.E 7 169 

Doggett, J. H 12 K 1 , 107 

Dongues. Adam 8 S 1 , 4s 

Dorfler, John A 12 64 

Dougherty, 8. P 11 116 

Dresser, T. W 9 66 & 8^59 

Drew, John H 14 53 

Duboce, Augustine.. . 9 88 

Dunn, Mrs. A. E 8 S> 2 208 

Duntou, R, S 9 Wy 2 50 

Dubois. Jesse K 10 W% 220 221 

Duggan , W. M 6 Wy, 15 

Dunn, M 8 4 

Dunning. A. J 14 62 



K 

Eaton,. I. B 11 

Eaton, Page 11 

Eastman. Asa 10 

Eastman Lewis 6 

Early, Mrs. R A 

Edwards, B. S 10 

Edwards, N. W 10 

Elkin, W. F 8 

Ely, Amos 9 

Elkin, Mrs. M....I.... 8 

Elliott. H 9 

Elliott, Jane 14 

Elliott, Zilla. 9 

Elliott, William 9 

Etter. George R 9 

F 

Faubuscher, Fred. . . . A 

Farnsworth, Wm. M. 12 

Fassett, F 10 

Fairchild. Perry 9 

Favart, H " 6 

Felir. Charles 9 

Feltham. T. .7 8 

Felton. N 9 



WH 


115 




101 


222 


228 




14 




89 


105 


106 


120 


121 


107 


108 




14 


SH 


66 


Ey, 


58 




119 




9T 




103 




128 




195 




55 




68 


5 47( 


2 63 




138 




12 




125 




85 




33 



XAMK. BLOCK. 

Fenton, Voluntine ... 9 

Fetzer, Jacob — * 

Fetzer, Fred 9 

Fish, Joseph 13 

Fisher, John S 10 

Fitzliugh, H. G 10 

Floyd, J. Q. A 13 

Fleury, Frank 7 

Flagg, C 8 

Flaugher, Mrs. H. E.. l 

Flower, Mrs. C. H... 13 

Foley, Wm C 12 

Fowler, E. s 

Forsythe, John 10 

Fordcn, Geo. W 8 

Forden, John M 8 

Fosselman, J. B 7 

Fowkes. Jos. F., Heirs 11 

Fonday, W. B 10 

Fox, Benj. F 14 

Foster, Joseph R 12 

Foster, Jacob 12 

Free, Henrv 6 

French, A 8 

Francis, J osiah & Sons 11 

Fry. Henrv 5 

Frazee, H 14 

Freeman, Wm 

Froehner, Mrs. B 1 

Freeman, A 11 

Frichtel, Mrs. K \ 

Fry, Jacob 7 

Fudge, Samuel 10 

Funk, Henry 6 

Fultz, Joseph H 6 

Fuller, John W 1 

G 

Gathard, Susan. 12 

Gathai'd, N 13 

(iage. Mrs. F 14 

Garland. A. M 10 

Garland. J. M 10 

Gardner, John 9 

Gardner, Wm. L <• 

(i art on, George 1 

Gattou, J. A 12 

Gation, Mrs. E 12 

Gehlman, E. F 13 

German, C 8 

Gertiser, F. A 9 

Gillett, C.F 1 

Gibson, Mrs. C-M .... 7 

Gill, John W 9 

Glidden.H. H 10 

Goll'us, P... 6 

Goodwin, W. E 1 

Godfrey & Ralston ... 1 

Goudy, W . E 10 

Gould, H 14 

Gordon, B . A 1 

Gordon, J. H 9 

Govia, Antonio 9 

Gomes, Joseph 9 

Grimsley. Mrs. A... . 10 

Grubb, Mrs. E 1 

Grubb, Samuel, Jr. ... 1 

Granshaw, Mrs. Mary 14 

Grube, Mrs. M 7 

Grey, George 9 

Gray. Matilda H 11 





107 


NH 


65 




10 




25!* 




40 




56 


\V>, 


21 


NH 


47 




153 




50 






18 


•2a 




26 


Is 


23 




19 


188 


189 


\\ K 


190 


U% 


78 


Wi, 


246 


32 


33 




112 




113 




6 




5 




42 




8 




1 




73 




186 






48 

7 

EH 81 

74 75 

78 79 

34 

151 

24 

121 

120 

40 

68 

21 

156 

44 

N 1 ? 41 

5 

31 

47 

108 

255 

65 

29 

146 

W'/j 44 

43 

167 180 

21 

22 

44 

80 



94 



Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



NAME. BLOCK. LOT. 

Grant , Donald 13 W'/j 36 

Grant, George — • . . . l 1 1 

Grant, Sarah J l 10 

Gregory. A. M 14 92 

Gl oss, E. L 12 26 

Graham, Hugh 9 104 

Graham, Kebecca. ... 7 Wy 2 25 

Graham. H. B A 58 

Greenholz, J 1 45 

Griffith, Laura 12 110 

Griffith, John A m 

Gross, W. L. & Althea 7 133 

Gwmn, William 14 40 

Guvart, S. K 9 12 

G. W. R. R H 54 55 

H 

Haines, Samuel 12 61 

Harper, Virginia 10 237 

Hay, Milton 7 62 85 

Hayuie, E. C 10 231 232 

Hampton, S. C 14 66 

Hagerman, Henry — 6 27 

Hampton, J. W 12 45 

Haughey, Thos. J 9 69 

Harmon, C. F 14 19 

Hawley, l.A 10 To 71 90 

Hawley. E.B 10 72 73 

Hardin John J 7 132 

Hartman, G 13 N Vi 35 

Hart, Harriet A 14 

Hamlin, D. M A 54 

Hatry, Mrs. M 8 Ey a 96 

Hardcastle, James — A 80 

Harlan , Mrs. M 9 Sy a 102 

Hall, Levi 12 40 

Hall, J. C 8 Efc 100 

Hall, D. H 10 162 

Hann, Joseph. 1 50 

Hardtner, John 10 144 145 

Y 2 130 131 

Harvey, CD 9 61 

Hazelmeyer, Aug 9 139 

Harlow, Geo. H 9 S 1 /, 55 

Haire, Mrs. M 9 79 

Hammond, J. B 8 Sy 2 46 

Harrower, Janette — 12 14 15 

Hallowell, Joseph.... 9 49 

Hanselman, M 9 28 

Haendle, Fred A 26 

Hale. J. S 14 63 

Harkey, S. W 14 73 

Herndon, W. H 14 41 

Herndon, Mrs. M. A.. 8 52 53 

Herndon, A. G A 

Hertel,J.M 14 Ey 2 64 

Hebrew Congregation 5 33 to 48 
and 56 to 64—25 lots. 

Henkle,J.C 14 70718485 

Henning, T. S 7 136 137 

Henry, D. P 9 20 

Heishman, Charles... 8 64 

Headley, Mrs. N 6 21 

Helmle, Win 12 114 

Helmle.C. A 14 43 

Helm, Dr. M 10 190 

Helwig, R 12 W</ 2 73 

Hibbs, J. M 1 38 

Hickman, Win 12 37 

Hickox, Horace 8 7172 73 

74 75 

Hickox. Yoliu-y A 60 61 



NAMK. BLOCK 

Hickox, Virgil 7 

Higgins, A. D 13 

Higgms, E. L 13 

Hill, Elias 13 

Howey, Preston 1 

Hofferkamp, John — 14 

Hoppin, B. E 10 

Hoppin, C. P 10 

Hoppin, Mrs. S 10 

Howey, Mrs. M 1 

Howey, Thos 1 

Hollstein, John A 

Hood, Thos A 

Hood, Mary 7 

Horn, M. B'. 9 

Hockhenjos, F 6 

Holverston, C 13 

Hough, C 14 

Hough, J. A 12 

Hoffman, M " 9 

Homes, Wm 12 

Huntington, Geo. L... 14 

Hunt, John 13 

Huttenhouser, E 11 

Hulet. E 9 

Hurst, C. R 7 

Hughes, John C 9 

Hunt. T. E 7 

Hunt, N. V 7 

Hunt, J. W 1 

Hunt, A A 

Hughes, John A 11 

Hughes, Samuel 12 

Hunter, W. A 9 

Humphries. M. A — 10 

Huber, L 14 



Ide, A. L 9 

Ihlinleldt. William... 1 

lies, Elijah 7 

lies, Washington lo 

lies, William 10 

Illinois, State of 12 

Ingles, P. V l 

LO. O. F 7 

Irwin, Margaret lo 

Irwin, W. &H. C 13 

Irwin, Mrs. C. C 10 

Ives, H. B. 10 

J 

Jayne, Gershom 10 

Jack, William........ 6 

Jarrard, Joshua M — 9 

James, William S — 1 

Jess, Robert W 8 

Jeirey, Donblin 5 

Jeskie, Rudolph A 

Johnson, Lewis 10 

Johnson, John H — iO 

Johnson, Mrs. Laura. 13 

Johnson, Joel 12 

Johnson. Sarah H... 9 

Johnson, Robert 1 

Johnson, Andrew 9 

.Johnston, R. P 14 



18 194 


1 42 


NV* 


28 


S* 


28 




54 




110 


E*/ 2 


46 


76 


77 


80 81 95 96 


93 


94 




109 




148 




17 




84 




214 


74 


75 


E% 


23 




2 




42 




65 




30 




13 




57 


WH 


5 




49 


m 


62 




38 


116 


117 


E l / 2 


103 


KVi 


17 




5 




87 




43 




19 




2 




216 




24 


w% 


60 




105 


121 


122 


123 


124 


9 10 11 12 




57 


29 30 42 4; 




114 


53 54 55 


76 77 78 


235 240 241 




43 


1 2 3 * 




198 


139 140 141 


157 158 159 




4 


sy, 


64 




111 




187 


N'/j 


24 




108 


16416517> 


114 


115 


127 


128 




o< 




11 




23 




63 




138 




.so 



List of Lot Owners. 



95 



NAMLE. 

Johnston. Adam. . . 

Jones, John T 

Johns. Mrs. C V. .. 
Jouveaux, Mrs. E . 
.lobe, Mrs Hannah. 

Jolts, Joseph 

Judcl, George 

Judkins, A. B 



K 



Kapps. Andrew. . . 

Kane, A. J 

Kain, Kenben 

Kalb, A. B 

Keepley, Thos. L. 
Keei'ner. John — 
Keazer, Reuben.. . 

Kesler, Adain. 

Kenney, Louise... 
Keys, Gershom. . . 
Keys, James W. . . 
Keys. Isaac 



71 

15 

:; 

122 

22 

15* 

15 16 

11 



77 
4* 
159 

4 



Keily, R. C 

Kent, James H 

Keedv, Snsan A — 

Keuchler, C. F 

Keucherer. John B. 

Kergwin, S. S 

Keeler, Mrs. W. E 

Keei'ner, John 

Kessberger. August . 

Kerst. Peter 

Kellogg, Augusta... 

Kerr. Charles 

Kerns, Sarah A 

King. Turner K 

King, William 

King, James 

King, M. M 

Kikendall. John N. 

Kidd, T. W. S 

Kidd, Charles V 
Ki ruber & Ragsdale. 



Kirsh. Barbara. 

Kingsbury. L 

Klor, John G 

Klink, Frank.... 
Klein, Albert H.. 
Knox, Leonard. .. 
Komack, Anton. 

Kock, Casper 

Krodell, Geo. W 
Kun, Mrs. Rosa. . 



93 

is 
82 

20 

.".0 

:>4 

75 7(j 
s<i 90 

107 
37 

ir>n 

194 154 

12 13 

E% 261 

154 
105 

-.12 
11:5 

Si 

49 

11 12 

59 

21! 

(ft 

130 

lol 

69 

17 98 :''.i 100 

106 107 108 

59 

52 

48 

108 

5! I 

32 

it; 

EH 5 

145 

10 11 12 



Laswell, Mary * 

Lanterman, Abraham 8 

Laswell, Virginia 8 

Lane, Joseph \V 7 

Lamb. James L 10 171172 

174 175 
185 lso 

Lamb, Susan L0 

Lanphier, Sidney 

Lanphier, Chas. H 10 

Latham. Catharine.. . 10 

Latham. Mary E 9 

Lauer. Mrs. H 1 



-,r 



173 

184 
187 
1S8 
229 

99 

23 
6 ] 

94 
185 . 



NA.Mh. BLOCK. LOT. 

Lavely. William * 1*4 

Lawrence. Sarah — 1 40 

Lawrence, K. D 11 63 

Lawker, Mrs. D A 

Lee, Mrs. Anna * 35 

Lee. W. W 11 102 117 

Ledlie, Joseph 12 24 

Leggott, George « 100 

Leber, Joseph 1 57 

Leiber, Albrecht 9 31 

Lenox. Thomas P.. ... y 105 

Lewis, Thomas 12 13 

Lewis, Win. S 10 204 

Lewis, J. K 6 10 

Lewis, Obed 14 16 

Liverson. Wilson 7 22 

Lightloot, W. H 1 14 

Lippincott, Chas. E.... 10 98 

Linn, Christian 8 32 

Lindsev, Sarah 11 52 

Lindlev, V 14 4 

Little, S.N 12 33 38 

Little, Edward H 13 10 

Lloyd, Rhodes &T.W. 12 

Lloyd. Francis I 4 

Logie, James V 59 

Lo wry, John B 9 no 

Lorsch, Chas '.' 51 

Logan, James M 12 47 

Logan. Wm. D 12 39 

Logan, Stephen T — 7 00 01 
83 84 

Long. Charles H , 12 24 

Loeb. Adam 6 U 

Lowe, Peter 14 o.~. 

Loose, Isaac 7 07 

Loose, Jacob G 10 257 268 

201 202 

Lutz, George 8 04 *2 

M 

Maken/ie, Mrs, Eliza J 10 138 156 

Maxon, Geo. E 10 176 247 

Matlan. Samuel <; 13 

Marston. John P 2 14 

Masons. F. & A 8 86 87 97 98 

Mason. Noah 12 5 

Mallet, Mrs. M 7 35 

Mavhew. William... 1 23 

Mack. James 9 141 

Maisel, George A ;» 42 

Marsh, W. H 13 58 

Marsh, W 14 24 

Mace. Julius 12 92 

Manning, Gilbert S. . . 14 22 

Manderli, Xavier 14 2o 

Masters, Alexander.. 14 44 

Masters, Herman 1 is7 iss 

Malhenv, C W., ami 

N. W. 10 112 113 

123 124 

Matt erson, Mary ... 9 38 

Maxcy, J. C 11 G4 

Maurer, Mrs. Jane.... 12 70 

Mather, H. G 10 54 

McClernand. John A. 14 76 77 78 79 

McConnell. A. B 10 48 49 64 65 

McConnell. E. F 10 44 45 60 61 

McConnell. John 10 42 43 58 59 

McCormick, O. T 13 25 

McCarthy, Fred 8 182 

McCabe, William 8 33 



96 



Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



NAME. BLOCK. LOT. 

licCrellis, L. F 7 40 

McCreery, John.. . . 14 s i 2 34 

McCulloch, Thos 7 W l / 2 251 

McDonald, Alex A 6 

McDonald. P 7 79 

McGraw, O.H 7 68 

MeC.echen, Mrs. J ... 1 9 

McGrady &McKee... 8 198 

Mclntire, Ada C 13 321 

Mclntire, Mis. R 13 W% 23 

McKechnie, Rebecca. 9 SV4 42 

McKay, 12 69 

McKinstrv. Mrs. O.W. 8 42 

McManus, Mrs. Eliza. 13 \W 2 54 

McMurphy, Lester — 14 53 

McSherry, P. H 11 115 

McTaggart, Margaret. 14 58 

McTaggart, J 7 75 

McRhearson, Mary... 10 237 

McWard, T 9 85 

McQuain W. F I 116 

Melvin, S. H 9 61 

Merkle, Adam l 130 

Mette, Frederick 14 Wy 2 04 

Melton, Joseph 12 Wy 2 75 

Merriweather, N. H.. 9 91 

Merritt, E. L 7 59 

Mendell, Geo. S 7 169 

Mills, J. W A 3 

Mitchell, J. F 13 S% 8 

Miller, Henry 8 81 

Miller, W. B' 14 23 

Miller, Mrs. E 1 151 

Million, J. L 7 191 EV 2 190 

Millington, E 9 144 

Miner, S. P 12 59 

Miner. O.H 10 219 

Miller, G 3 9 

Moody, S. B 8 13 

Monlort, A. G 6 13 

Moore, J. D 8 W'4 134 

Moore, Enoch 10 212 

Moore, Elijah. 1 17 

Moore, L. F 9 136 

Morgan, Horace 5 66 67 

Morgan, Walter P.... 5 66 67 

Morgan, Geo. W 12 X l / 2 25 

Moffett, Peter 9 86 

Morse, J. M 12 118 

Morrow, W. C 1 140 

Mott, Geo. E 10 WH 219 

Moselv, E.J A 64 

Mull. Mrs. M.J 1 153 

Muniinert. C. B 7 214 

Muttera. Herman. ... A 7 

Myers, Mrs. E. D 13 90 

Meyer, Adam 9 126 

Meyer, Adolphus 14 21 

Myers, Joseph D 8 67 

Myers, J. F A *21 

N 

Nash, R. N 12 60 

N arramore, C. W 9 39 

Neher, Nelson 13 E l / 2 26 

Newton, Bennett 7 Ey t 65 

Neil son, George A 91 

Nefi. Jacob A 120 

Newman, Russell 8 31 

New, Jacob 8 64 

Niles, Lotus 10 199 

Nichols. F. K 13 in 



NAME. BLOCK. LOT. 

North, A A 11 51 

O 

Officer,W. H. & R. P.. 7 156 

Opel, Peter 7 WH 222 

Ordway, Walter 1 1 i<> 

Orr, Jas 9 t;o 

Osborn, W. W 9 4o 

Ott, John 14 Wv» 46 

Owsley, H 12 8 9 10 

Owen, T. J . V 7 105 104 

Owens, M 9 12 

P 

Pasneld, George io 238 239 

86 244 

Parker, W. G ' 12 K\ 2 32 

Patterson, John H — 7 88 

Patterson, A. H 1 35 

Paine, E 1 84 

Payne, F. E A 8 

Perkins, J. B 10 7 8 

Perkins, Joseph 11 7 8 

Pender, Alexander .. 8 183 

Peters, John T 10 97 

Pearson, R. N 10 118 

Petterson, Chas 12 117 

Pease, E. B 10 142 143 

160 161 

Phelps, Mrs. S 11 65 

Phillips, A 12 m 

Phillips, D. L 10 EH 220 221 

222 223 

Phillips, M 7 73 

Phillips, William 12 S% 25 

Pilcher, J 7 92 

Piercy, Jas. A A 57 

Piper, W. H 7 65 

Piquenard, A. H 6 35 

Plowman, J. M A 24 

Porter, C 14 81 

Poppie, Geo 13 Ey 2 15 

Posey, F. M 8 84 

Post, C.R.&H 11 80 81 

Porsch,T 6 7 

Powers, Mrs. N. E.... A 71 

Potter, Lydia 12 28 

Prickett, Mrs. C. C. . lo 53 

Priest, John W 8 1 

Priest, F. W 8 2 

Pringle, Mrs. E 9 22 

Prentice, Win. S 12 77 

Purrington, J. A 7 81 

K 

Raugh, John 9 99 

Ransom, R. W 7 W^ 262 

Ransom, Mrs. N. M.. . 7 127 

Rames, John 7 49 72 

Ragsdale & Kimber. . 7 97 98 99 100 
106 107 108 

Raglan, John C 7 193 

Randall, Mrs. S 9 13 

Raymond' H. G 9 6 

Raymond, Henry.. ..1 56 

Rapps, C A 90 

Rapps, Geo A 25 26 

Reman Mary B 7 180 

Reitz, John A 56 



List of Lot Owners. 



97 



SAME. BLOCK. LOT. 

Reisch, John l 115 

Reid, Thomas 1 146 

Real, J. M 9 123 

Reiuer.L.C 6 20 

Reniine, S. C * 

Reynolds, H. G 8 79 

Reynolds, John P 8 44 

Renlro, J. C 9 109 

Rhinebarger, J. A.... 11 EH 22 

Rhodes, J ohn T 12 55 

Rhodes, H. B 9 44 

Rippon, John, Jr 13 33 

Ripstein, Jacob 13 37 

Ricks, Gathardt A 15 

Rilter, Jacob 1 19 

Ritter, Nicholas 12 72 

Ritter, George A 83 

Ritter, Geo. B A 82 

Ridgely, Chas 10 245 

Ridgely, N.H 10 132133 134 

135 140 147 
148 149 

Riley. A., Estate 9 133 134 

Rickard, Catherine... 10 50 

Rickard. Sarah 12 SH 4 

Richardson, W. D.... 10 l.i.0 151 

Richardson, F 7 102 103 

Richardson, S. H 1 33 

Richardson, John 14 83 

Richardson, John 14 33 

Richardson, H. H 14 50 

Roll, David E.. 1 34 

Roll, John E 7 WH 50 

Rodrigues, Antonio. . A 18 19 

Roman, Mrs. D. E.... 10 208 

Rolston, John 1 108 

Robe. C A 09 

Rose, T. A 9 101 

Rodham, J ohn 8 85 

Roderick, R 9 15 

Robinson, J. W 9 78 

Robinson, A. R 12 02 

Robinson, Henson 14 49 

Roe, Susan A 9 101 

Rosette, John E 11 18 

Rabinstine, John C... 8 43 

Roper, J. D 10 NH 330 

Roper, Geo. S 13 00 

Ropangn, Samuel — — 

Ruoley, Mrs. J A 89 

Rupp, Philip 10 SH 336 

Ruumson, Mrs. S 9 90 

Ruth, R. F io 6 

Run yon, S 8 6 

Ruckle, Jacob n 41 

Rummel. E 9 80 

Ryan, Chas n 74 88 



Saunders, J. R 8 

Saunders, Mrs. L 9 

Saunders, H. A.& N.O. 7 

Sanders, G. A 10 

Sands, William ...:... 14 

Salter, J. D. B io 

Sanuer, John A 9 

Sappington, Jesse 9 

Sappington, Mary ... 9 

Say ward, Maria H . . . 9 

Schriver, E 9 

Schmidt, N 1 

Schmidt, Samuel A 



20 
04 
86 
162 
72 



58 
58 
NH 48 
25 
49 
81 



NAME. BLOCK. LOT. 

Schoenhoff. Lizzie — A 107 

Schray, Margaret A 106 

Schuett, B 1 39 

Schorff, George 1 131 

Schwarberg, C 14 SH 20 

Schlitt,F 9 5 

Scholl, Geo. A 6 22 

Schilling, Jacob 8 91 

Schmidt, F 9 70 

Scharp & Bro 9 114 

Sellinger, Fred A 109 

Seit'ert, A l 150 

Seaman, Mrs. Ann E. 8 92 

Seeley, G. B 14 87 

Sell, Mrs. A 14 75 

Sell, A. J 14 74 

Shoup, S. N 12 122 

Shoeneman, John 7 EH 2 

Shuck, J. H 12 123 

Sherman, David 10 228 

Shutt. George 8 15 

Sherr, W. T 8 76 

Shipley. R. A 9 77 

Shephard, Mrs. A 1 66 

Sheppard, Thos. C . . . . 7 16 WH 17 

Shinkle, John C A 13 

Sheldon & Miner 12 59 

Sheldon, S. B 9 145 

Shoberl, A l 64 

Sharp. Philip 6 113 

Sinnns, A. M 11 53 

Simons, G. B., (R. It.). 11 54 55 

Singleton, Jas. H 13 11 

Sleinmons, A 10 W> 2 129 

130 

Slater, Susan io .56 

Smith, J. H 12 36 

Smith, W. F 9 IS 19 

Smith, Thos. C 10 218 338 

Smith, Greenbury 12 79 

Smith, John W : 20 43 

Smith, C. S 5 SH 68 

Smith, W. F 12 WH 22 

Smith, J. B 1 43 44 

Smith, William 1 31 

Smith, Mrs. E l 161 

Smith, Fred 11 EH 130 

Smith, John T 11 103 104 

118 119 

Smith, CM 10 31 32 33 

34 35 36 

Snow, R. C 11 94 95 

Snodgrass, A 5 NH 69 

Suape, R. H 14 SH 52 

Snyder, John M 10 226 

Sower, Alfred 13 SH 4 

Sommer, Henry 9 56 

Sommers, W. C 7 EH 57 

Sellers, E. A 9 84 

Souther, Geo. H 7 WH 34 

Sprague, D. M 8 EH 180 

Sponsler, J . W 14 35 

Specker, H A 70 

Springfield, Central & 

Tynan Lodges A. F. 

& A. M 8 86 87 97 98 

Spaulding, William . . 14 86 

Spauldiug, J. B 7 181 155 

Speiler, Henry 9 26 

Speulda, Wm. Estate. 14 86 

Springer &Kdegh... 7 128 129 130 

134 135 

Springer, Wm. M 7 192 



98 



Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



NAME. BLOCK. LOT. 

Spear, Mrs. M. A. .. . 10 200 

Stafford, O. N 12 51 

Stanton. CM 10 W l / 8 218 

Staley, Mrs. S. D 7 64 

Stalev, Warneld 14 55 

state'Illinois 12 29 30 42 43 

Starne. Alex 14 89 90 

8 34 

Stockdale 14 93 

Stone, James A 11 23 

Strott, S. L 10 39 

Steele, Robert C 13 55 

Stadden, William 11 21 

Stork, Geoive 9 45 

Strickland, Thos. S... 9 75 

Strickland, John L... 12 93 

Strawbridge, Thos — 6 9 

Straw-bridge, James.. 10 242 244 

Stover, John 7 96 

Stipher, A 12 EH 106 

Stuart, John T 10 24 25 27 28 

Swoir, Moses l 172 

Swire, Robert 7 W l / 2 251 

T 

Talbott, David 12 W'/j 31 

Talbott, W. H 8 51 54 

Talbott, Thos 12 6 

Tain tor, B. H 9 ill 

Taintor, Burgess 10 207 

Taylor, James 8 176 

Taylor, E.J 7 14 37 

Teasdale, T. C... 12 58 

Terry, G. F 1 36 

Teal, Peter 9 142 

Tenney. W 14 80 

Teufel.Fred 9 Ny 8 63 

Thrift, Wallace l 37 

Thayer, J< >seph 14 8-15 

Thomas, Mrs. M 1 147 

Thompson, Mrs. O. A. 11 EV 2 23 

Thompson, Aaron — 6 5 

Tinsley, S. M., heirs. . 7 15 

Tingle, M 6 N* 8 

Tipton. Mrs. Jane... l 23 

Todd, James 9 7 

Tomlinson, Louis 12 80 

Tomlinson, C. W A 72 

Torges, John L .... A 104 

Townsend, S. P 10 269 

Towner. W. H 9 S% 41 

Tracy, F. W lo 68 69 

Trow, Henry 7 WH 66 

Trubel. Mrs. C 8 W'/ 2 58 

Trever, C. and others. 9 23 

Treat, S. H 8 70 

Turney, W. A 8 16 

Tuthill, Geo. W 6 3 

U 

Ulrick. E.R.. 7 125 

V 

Vandercook, Wesley. A 66 

Vanhoff, Henry.:.. ..7 136 137 

Vanconcelles, M A 2 

Vanderhoff, Josiah ... 7 240 

Vanorstrand, Sophia. 9 57 

VanDeren, J. M 7 182 183 

VanHorn, C H 6 24 



111 



NAME. BLOCK. 

Van Bergen, Peter — 7 

VanDuyn, G. A 10 

Veidengruber, M A 

Vincent, John A 10 

Vogle, Thomas 9 97 

Vogle, Albert 9 

Vredenburgh, J. S... . 7 



110 
112 

77 
88 
5 
98 
96 
131 



W 

Walker, Edwin S 7 58 

Walker, Calvin 11 40 

Wackerlee, L 1 145 

Walters. Ann 9 SH 51 

Wallace, E. A 11 91 

Walthar, Fred .A 76 

Watkins, Bell 5 16 

Watson, J. W 7 11 

Watson, A., heirs of..- 7 263 

Watson, J. G 8 192WH 193 

Watson, Joel l 30 

Watson. Elizabeth ... 9 129 

Watson, Mrs. Susan K 12 119 

Watson. W. W 8 17 

Wardraugh, R. E 1 7 

Warion, Henry 1 157 

Warren, P 11 72 73 86 87 

Ward, W. D 14 45 

Wardell, W. F 13 1 

Weiss, J. M 14 Wy, 27 

Westlake and others. 8 23 

Welles, Mary L 12 21 

Weber, George B 10 152 

Weber, John B 10 153 

Weber, George P 1 129 

Webster, Robert 9 24 

Weinold, Mrs. C. E... 7 Ey 2 153 

West, Nancy A l 52 

Weisenmyer, Chas. F. 9 Ey 3 106 

Weller. t. F 1 104 

Whitley, H. C 7 EH 56 

Whitecraft. S. H 7 95 

Whitney, Mrs. E. B . . 10 230 

1 Nfc 231 

White, N. A 9 92 

White, William 6 SH 8 

White, Dick 14 Ey % 27 

White, John M 9 47 

Whitcotnb, Isaac 12 56 

Wickersham, W. H. . . 1 15 

Wickersham, M. M... 1 16 

Wickersham, Dudley. 10 243 

Wickham, H. M 11 24 

Williams, Samantha. . 7 E}£ 94 

Williams. J. J A H4 

Willett, S. J 9 SH 63 

Willis, Margaret 13 36 

Wilev, A. C 11 78 

Wilkinson, A 12 63 

Wilson, E.A l 6 

Wilson, Thos 1 -28 

Wilson, F.G 14 48 

Wilson, Amelia...... 8 188 

Windsor, H. C 7 181 

Winters, D 9 Ey 2 44 

Wi throw, I. N 13 41 

Witmer, D. W 12 57 

Wisner, J. F 9 122 

Wise, Geo 9 N% 62 

Withev. Geo. <& Wm. 

and Jas. King 8 26 



List of Lot Owners. 



99 



NAME. BLOCI 

Widder, Abi aham — 6 

Wilson. F. G 14 

Williamson, Piatt.... 14 

Williams, John 7 

Williams, Henry 6 

Wohlgemuth. Henry. 8 

WoltrMinot. John 8 

Wood, A. W 12 

Woods, Geo 8 

Wood, Seneca 9 

Wolf, Christ. H l 

Wolgamuth, J. F 12 

Wright, Presco & Sut- 

tons 8 25 

Wright, Erastus 14 28 



LOT. 




l 




48 




10 


117 


118 


119 


120 




17 


7 S'/, 


8 


<> UK 


8 


W% 


74 




61 




148 




152 




124 | 



Wurster, U 12 

Wyatt. B- F 12 



York. Thos 12 

Young, J. W 9 

Young. Richard 14 



Zane. C. S 

Zapp, J. G 

Zaun, F. H 

Zi in merman, R. B 



WV4 32 



Wy 2 106 
140 



Total List of Lot Owners April 30,1879 912 




HE earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; 
the world, and they that dwell therein. 

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established 
it upon the floods. 

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who 
shall stand in his holy place ? 

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart ; who hath 
not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 

He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and rigrht- 
eousness from the God of his salvation. 

This is the generation of them that seek him, that 
seek thy face, O Jacob. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up, 
ye everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall come in. 

Who is this King of glory ? The Lord strong and 
mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; even lift them up, ye 
everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall come in. 

Who is this King of glory ? The Lord of hosts, he 
is the King of glory. 



oo Oak Ridge Cemetery. 



THE FOOTSTEPS OF DECAY. 



" O! let the soul its slumbers break — 
Arouse its senses, and awake, 

To see how soon 
Life, in its glories, glides away, 
And the stern footsteps of decay 

Come stealing on. 

Our lives like hastening streams must be, 
That unto one engulfing sea 

Are doomed to fall — 
The sea of death, whose waves roll on 
O'er king and kingdom, crown and throne, 

And swallow all. 

Our birth is but a starting-place; 

Life is the running of the race, 

And death the goal; 

There all our glittering toys are brought — 

That path alone, of all unsought, 

Is found by all." 

Ancient Spanish Poem. 



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